Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread harris.greg.m
Hi Greg, Can you afford to wait for http://webassembly.org too get to production ready???That may make client side programming bearable again???Not sure about the time scale though...But I am expecting good things soon...I am not on the inside with any special knowledge (Sorry). Sent from my

Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread kirsten greed
Hi Greg Perhaps checkout DevExtreme Kirsten https://js.devexpress.com/ https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Webinars/details.xml?id=devextreme-asp-net-core-2 On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk wrote: > If you backend services are well established and you

Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
If you backend services are well established and you could easily put a WebAPI over them, then it makes sense to do a SPA and mainly Javascript front end. If it is an enterprisey type app then it is hard to go past Angular, Pluralsight is your friend to learn. I would also talk to ssw.com.au,

Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread Tony Wright
Also, I highly recommend investing the time in doing some pluralsight courses on whichever tech you choose. The value I got from doing that was immense. On 17 Nov 2017 9:14 AM, "Greg Keogh" wrote: > Folks, we have a serious decision to make about the future directions of >

Re: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread Tony Wright
Hi Greg, If you want something as swish as what silverlight gives you, I don't know how you could achieve that easily without learning css and without using a responsive, progressively loading spa. I personally do angular (currently at version 5) and it gives me everything that I need to build

Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, we have a serious decision to make about the future directions of our 10 year old Silverlight product that is in wide use in some big companies. I told the boss I'd poll this forum for advice, so I'd really appreciate serious comments from people in-the-know. The large companies using the