Microsoft garage project Ink to Code launch: simplifies the process of converting application UI sketches into code

­as Microsoft's creative incubator, Microsoft garage has launched a large number of innovative new products and services in the past. Today the garage launched another project called Ink to Code, a companion app for Visual Studio that converts user interface sketches from UWP and Android apps into code.

Most of the time, inspiration is born when you are eating, when developers often choose to write these information in their minds on napkins, and when developers draw sketches of these user interfaces on napkins, the project is designed to simplify the process of converting sketches into code.

­the project, proposed by six interns on the Xamarin team, uses Smart Ink's machine learning algorithm to speed up learning, and the team has created an app that can import your sketches into Visual Studio to further create your application. At present, the application supports basic symbols such as text, images, labels, graphics, buttons and so on.