Harry Pierson wrote:
[...] As for MS cutting the WinForms model loose, I think we're encouraging folks to move to WPF, but given the sheer amount of WinForms code out there I have a hard time imagining them cutting support for it.
And in fact IIRC .NET 2.0 SP1 included at least one new winforms controls. Michael
Harry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Max R. Yaffe Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:06 PM To: users@lists.ironpython.com Subject: [IronPython] Roadmap and updates Note: I originally wrote this to Harry Pierson directly who asked that I post it publically. I hope it doesn't come off as too inflamatory. Harry - Thanks for the roadmap and the latest update. It clarifies a particular issue that I'm having with deciding whether to adopt Iron Python and .Net for that matter. My particular application is a scientific instrument control and data analysis package. It runs on Windows now using various older MS technologies (dating back to Windows 2.3!). It will not need to run from a web browser, mainly because of the requirements for instrument control. The application is highly scripted using a dynamic language of my own devising derived from Smalltalk and remarkably similar to Python. I had been looking at Qt 4.x+PyQt+Python 2.5 as an approach to updating my technology. However, I wanted to see what Microsoft had to offer. WinForms + Python seems to be the best fit for my technology because of the need to manipulate data tables and my desire to avoid the web. Silverlight just doesn't offer me any advantage and seems to be directed at pretty pictures and sounds. It also doesn't seem to handle the kinds of user/data interaction I need. XAML also doesn't seem to offer any advantage for my code, or if it does, it certainly isn't clear what it might be other than a YAOUHD (yet another obese, unreadable HTML derivative). Your roadmap, however, seems to deprecate WinForms. I'm worried that IronPython and Microsoft are going to cut WinForms adrift just when I'm about to make a major investment in it. This might be the best approach for Microsoft because it seems the "community" is mainly interested in pictures, sounds, and the web. But I need something more classical. I'd appreciate your comments and direction. Max Yaffe Gamry Instruments, Inc. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
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