Anybody trying WPF?

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Yes - I've done a couple of small WPF projects.  No where near an expert yet
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What is the learning curve compared to Forms (C#3)? I hear they have
a new paradigm of separating code from data, or somesuch.

RL
 
What is the learning curve compared to Forms (C#3)? I hear they have
a new paradigm of separating code from data, or somesuch.

RL
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Well... It's a little steeper, IMHO. But, I think once you get over the
hump, it's actually much faster. It seems a lot of people are using
Microsofts Blend products to produce their WPF content - which no doubt speeds
up the process, though I haven't ever really used Blend other then to mess
around. I'm sort of funny that way... WPF is based on Xaml, which is really
just XML - and so I sort of prefere to just enter the Xaml by hand in either
XamlPad (actually XamlPadX) or use the VS WPF forms editor and just enter the
Xaml by hand :)

And yes, they definately do have a new way of separating code from data.
Working with WPF is someways like working with ASP.NET - basically, you have
the XML representation (Xaml) and code behind (C# or whatever language you
like) wired up to the Xaml. The thing is, there is a lot that can be done in
Xaml without even writing code due to the more sophisticated data binding.

Anyway, there's my short take. Like I said, I'm not an expet. I've done some
stuff with XBaps (Xaml Browser Application) and Flowdocuments mostly.
 
Anyway, there's my short take.  Like I said, I'm not an expet.  I've done some
stuff with XBaps (Xaml Browser Application) and Flowdocuments mostly.
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Thanks for that input. It seems, having just heard a short video
presentation on Microsoft, that dynamic binding/ objects and
interfacing with the web is the future of C# as well (C#4), so perhaps
WPF is a useful transition to this.

RL
 
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