When we did an interview with them (out in FA very soon), we noticed and mentioned the demo app thing. I threw a number of ideas their way and would have build a few myself but MAX and other things got in the way. The main way that it works with CF is to have CF generate the XAML to be compiled into a desktop app (custom apps on the fly) or have CF as the backend service to an XAML front end. An RSS client is exactly what I suggested and they're building it (it was on their computer desktop during the demo). I've got some small, localized desktop apps that will be built with CF and compiled with XAMLon that I want to try out.
> Hi. I was there and just wanted to offer my impression with regard to > their presentation. Overall, they were good speakers who were clearly > knowledgable and have a great vision for Xamlon. For those not > familiar with XAML, it is Microsoft's new language for building the UI > layer for web and Windows applications in Longhorn (using the Avalon > subsystem). Essentially, it is Flex, but for building .NET and Windows > applications -- they are almost direct competitors. However, flex > costs $12K and Xamlon's product is $349 per year for developers, > including subscription updates for 1 year. So clearly there is a cost > difference. Also, at this point, it only works for the Windows OS -- > no Mac or *nix support. However, their road map hints strongly that > support for other platforms is on the horizon. > > As for the preso, I don't think you're going to get any more out of it > than you would if you go to Xamlon's web site and/or to their blogs > (www.xamlon.com and www.xamlblogs.com). All they had were > animation-type examples, with no real-world applications to show off. > In fact, they even conceded that such a real-world application doesn't > even exist yet to demo!! Don't misunderstand, it's a really slick > product with a lot of potential, and all Windows applications (and > .NET web apps) will be built with this technology in the future (MS > will be back-porting Avalon to work with Windows XP as well, but not > Windows 9x and 2K), but this actual presentation was a bit light on > the types of examples that would really pique a CFer's interest (i.e., > no charting, dashboard, web service examples, though they claim it can > be done). I'd suggest going to the URLs I noted above. > > Regards, > Dave. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183991 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
