I'll tend to agree with you. But I think persistence paid off, and after doing one project, you'll know the dos and don'ts so even if say you choose to use a grid over a stackpanel at one time, and then realised down the track, using a stack panel was a better way, at least you've learnt that for your next WPF application, and if you're picky enough, you'd go back and change it to use stack panels.
I'm kind of like you, sometimes overwhelmed but hte multitude of options to achieve the same thing, but I guess, sometimes it's either intentional or not intentional and they all server their own purposes, it's kind of like saying why is there so many various collections, I mean a new comer to .NET would find examples using List<T> then some old ones using ArrayList. Same idea, like WinForms may have a similar issue as well for new comers as well, there's definitely a few ways of achieving data binding in WinForms too. I guess just don't be discouraged by it, and take it a step at a time, it may be a steep learning curve at first, but it definitely pays off after that. --Winston On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Alastair Waddell < [email protected]> wrote: > I have been trying to get a solid grip on WPF and I have to say it has > been a love hate journey. > > I am trying to replace a business app I wrote in Winforms some time ago > –mainly as a learning exercise > > So far I have been able to solve most of the challenges I have faced, but > I have to say that I have spent a ridiculous amount of time on just the UI > layout. Now granted I don’t pretend to be a UI/UX expert, but the amount > of choices available make it almost unbearable. I have now spent longer on > the WPF app than the original Winforms app. > > It seems that 10 Google searches give 10 different ways to achieve the same > result. – What is the “Best” way???? > > My latest challenge is with a checkbox list that I want to data bind. – I > would have thought this should be simple, but Nooooo > > Anyway’s, I am at that point where I am about to say “it’s just too hard” > and wanted to know what others are thinking about the WPF experience. > > There are some things in WPF that are really appealing – but others that > are just so well difficult and it seems that there are very few examples > of business apps, so Is it worth pushing through? Or is it a case of CRUD > style apps are still better off in Winforms? > > Cheers, > > Alastair > > > > > > > > *Important Notice* > > *This email contains information which is confidential and intended solely > for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Please > notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake > and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended > recipient, any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or > the information contained or attached is strictly prohibited. Although > Disability Services Commission has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no > viruses are present in this email, the Commission cannot accept > responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or > attachments.* > > ** > > _______________________________________________ > ozwpf mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozwpf > >
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