Winforms

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Alvin Bruney [MVP]

I've read and seem to find support for the notion that winforms is
stillborn. Anybody else share the same feeling? ie, it didn't lift off like
Asp.net or console apps. Is this (winforms) being used widely in industry.
What would make an author stake a claim that winforms was unsuccessful?
(can't remember the author btw or the specific article).

anybody?
 
From my perspective, WinForms is doing pretty well. I think it didn't get
as much attention as ASP.NET and other types of apps because WinForms is
just creating Windows desktop apps, and everyone has been doing that since
the beginning of Windows. ASP.NET is cool since it's *Internet* related.

However, I'm seeing currently a boom in WinForms because of the Smart Client
concept. Smart Clients are a balance between the fat Windows client and the
ease of deployment of ASP.NET applications. Especially with ClickOnce in
the next version of .NET, I believe WinForms will be an even more important
technology. There are certain things that web applications just cannot do
so there will always be a place for WinForms. Personally I like WinForm
applications better than web apps :P

Eric
 
I've read and seem to find support for the notion that winforms is
stillborn.
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I'd strongly disagree - WinForms are a great and very powerful
technology, and I don't see why anyone would ignore them for any
serious Windows-oriented (not web-based) development.

Also, I don't buy into their "death on the horizon" since Avalon will
be coming with Longhorn - yes, it will - but it'll be Longhorn-only,
and that'll exclude it from any widespread use for quite a few more
years, so I don't see any problems using WinForms now (and for the
coming 3-6 years).

WinForms are *DEFINITELY* a lot better, easier to use, and more
efficient than any MFC-based Windows development!

Marc

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Marc Scheuner May The Source Be With You!
Bern, Switzerland m.scheuner(at)inova.ch
 
oh i don't doubt for one minute that it is a powerful technology. i was
referring to current widespread acceptance and adoption in industry which
does seem to be lagging, similar to console apps or webforms. are you saying
that they are popular?
 
oh i don't doubt for one minute that it is a powerful technology. i was
referring to current widespread acceptance and adoption in industry which
does seem to be lagging, similar to console apps or webforms. are you saying
that they are popular?
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Well, heck, if all the developers are as "frightened" as you to start
working with it, no wonder it's not as widespread! ;-)

I think the .NET stuff is still being underrated, and a lot of folks
have a "fear" of installing the .NET framework which is beyond me....
they install service packs and patches and all sorts of crap, but when
it comes ot the .NET framework, they all moan about the 22 MB in size,
and don't want to go ahead installing it....... beats me - it's a
great platform to develop on!

So my point is - USE IT ! As a developer, if you build a great app,
people will want to use it - and in that case, in most cases, they
won't even care if they have to install another 22 MB of runtime code.
If you have a great app, people will buy it and install it.

And as a devleoper, I'm sure you can appreciate that you'll be a heck
of a lot more efficient and a lot faster doing new dev work on the
..NET framework - you'll be able to get your stuff to your clients
faster, and in better quality - what more can you ask for???

Marc
 
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