Regarding the difficulty remembering parts of WPF - I think this partly caused by its size - in terms of public types it is roughly the same size as ASP.NET 2.0 and Winforms combined.
On 24/10/2010, at 8:25 AM, "Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m back coding WPF today. Whoopie! > > > > I think you’re all overly romanticising WPF. It’s not a difficult as you > portray, except perhaps for someone who has been coding WinForms for years > and suddenly has XAML thrust into their faces (I doubt if there many many > left in that position). > > > > So the main point of contention is development speed. I claim it takes me 5 > times longer to write XAML/WPF than it does WinForms. Others here claim that > WPF is far more productive. How is this possible? As I sit down now I have to > look forward to writing more XAML by hand, with VS2010 on the left screen and > Blend 4 on the right screen. I have to have the help open at all times > because I can’t find or remember all of the properties, classes, methods and > elements. I just wrote some cryptic code to convert ICO files into > ImageSources, jeezeuz! > > > > How are you so productive in WPF? How have you built your nirvana? > > > > Another point I made has been largely ignored: standard UI behaviour. What’s > happened to the UI design guidelines from Microsoft? I also love the way WPF > gives you complete and utter freedom to create almost any UI you can think > of, but as I said “who wants that?”. I wasn’t kidding when I said that my > customers want a familiar and friendly UI with menus, toolbar, status bar, > navigation, etc. WPF can give you a bit of wow factor as something transforms > into view, a picture carousel, or a lovely templated grid. These wow things > would be great in an app for the general public, but with specialised > in-house apps they don’t add much value. > > > > Oh well, perhaps another day of concentrated WPF coding will help boost my > overall speed. > > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > ozwpf mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozwpf
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