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WPF never really excited me once I started looking at it closely.
WPF looked cool at first - until I looked at it from a developer's perspective rather than a user's perspective.

It uses this thing called "XAML," made by people who think XML is a hammer and everything else is a nail.

Unfortunately, this time they hit a screw. XAML is just horrible. It's too static, and trying to do anything dynamic in it is a royal pain. Also its connection to the code is confusing. I just don't see the point.

People kept trying to convince me that once I learned it, it would be obviously better.

But the more I learned about it, the more I really didn't like it. It just doesn't seem to be the right tool for the job. I can do a clean separation of the view and the model/controller using OOP just fine, I don't need it enforced by Microsoft or made into a whole new language.

I'm sorry. XML is not a cure all, and it didn't cure anything in this case.
Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 10/30/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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All Open Standards Advocates Should Rejoice.  mikefarinha | 10/30/08
WPF never really excited me once I started looking at it closely.  CobraA1 | 10/30/08
Maybe you should have used it a little more...  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/30/08
Maybe not.  CobraA1 | 10/30/08
Are you that clueless?  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/30/08
sigh . . .  CobraA1 | 10/30/08
Re: sigh...  tick tock | 10/31/08
I agree...  rmac2 | 10/30/08
XAML is software engineering done right  LBiege | 10/30/08
I don't see what's so loosely coupled or layered about it.  CobraA1 | 10/30/08
Right  Digital Video Expert | 10/30/08
Explanation  LBiege | 10/30/08
I need something more dynamic.  CobraA1 | 10/30/08
Unfamiliar TLA  John L. Ries | 10/30/08
WPF defined  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 10/30/08
What is WPF?  dprozzo | 10/30/08
Windows Presentation Foundation.  mikefarinha | 10/30/08
It's a common MS mispelling, its supposed to be W TF... nt  T1Oracle | 10/30/08
You're right...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 10/30/08
The answer you're looking for...  General C# | 10/31/08
Great UI job  P. Douglas | 10/30/08
Tweaking Tools  mrjoctave@... | 10/30/08
John, you discount native code apps too much  balsover | 10/30/08
The case for .NET  Digital Video Expert | 10/30/08
Java is slow indeed  TedKraan | 10/31/08
Java is Slow ?  atari_z | 11/01/08
You are right on track with that notion  TedKraan | 10/31/08
Wordpad etc. do NOT use WPF in Win7  PB_z | 10/30/08
John, You say.............  Alan Smithie | 10/30/08
If thats ur cup of tea  mrjoctave@... | 10/30/08
Mature WPF== no need to see XML  pauliusp | 10/30/08
Users have nothing better to do than learn new UI's?  terry flores | 10/30/08
industrial and commercial?????  mrjoctave@... | 10/30/08
Sorry if using the two terms in one sentence confused you  terry flores | 10/31/08
Get a haircut hippie. wink  no_zd_user_name | 10/31/08
MS's failure with WPF is  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/08
Get the end user to load it?  xuniL_z | 10/31/08
Yes, if they can  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/08
I don't understand.  xuniL_z | 10/31/08
You forgot the versioning issue ...  terry flores | 10/31/08
WTF  davidr69 | 10/31/08
Anyone gives a damn about QTarded? (NT)  LBiege | 10/31/08
I don't give a damn about Silverlight neither. (nt)  TedKraan | 10/31/08
Mostly agree with you, CobraA1.  bondijct | 12/14/08

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