Is Surface 2.0 SDK still being used?

Question

I am trying to make an application that will be used on an MS Surface tablet and tried to create a Surface project on VS 2015. When I found that a Surface project is not part of the installed templates in VS 2015, I tried to download the SDK only to find out that it requires VS 2010 in order to use it. After noticing this, I'm starting to think that the Surface 2.0 SDK is no longer being used, but I wanted to make sure before I start looking for an alternative. If that is the case, what other types of templates could be used to create apps for MS Surface tablet?

Answer 1

As of now it would make more sense to just write a Windows Universal App if your targeting a Windows 8 tablet. This is available in Visual Studio 2015.