In addition to Windows 10, WinJS 4.0 supports the latest versions of all your favorite browsers, including the new Microsoft Edge. We realize that many developers are more familiar with, and may prefer to use, other frameworks for various parts of their app. We have checked in wrappers for AngularJS, KnockoutJS, and ReactJS to our GitHub project. You can now create Windows or web applications using other web frameworks, while still having access to the rich set of controls that WinJS provides.

 WinJS is designed to help you build web-based apps, and yes, that includes HTML5.

WinJS’s ultimate goal? According to Josh Williams, Principal Software Design Engineer at Windows, it’s to make Windows apps look more like what today’s consumers expect apps to look like 

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