Bird's -eye view of Microsoft ‘Modern-Trend’ Technologies

re: Bird's -eye view of Microsoft ‘Modern-Trend’ Technologies

Tudor — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:08:02 GMT

@Cesar: The message Microsoft is sending by NOT including WPF under "Modern applications" term is that a WPF application is.. not modern - simple as that..

As for Silverlight, I thought that everybody by now has heard that MS has abandoned Silverlight, as a failed experiment to compete with Flash - sure, Silverlight applications will continue to run in the future, like ActiveX does, but the technology is on a dead track.. It's a pity that so many developers have wasted so much effort learning it, just to be abandoned a few years later.

re: bird's -eye view of Microsoft ‘Modern-Trend’ Technologies

Cesar de la Torre — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:12:33 GMT

@ WPF

WPF is for Desktop Applications. That is why I said that this diagram (which is not complete and is missing quite a few areas) is focusing on Modern-Apps. The definition of Modern-apps that I like the most is "Connected Devices & Continuous Services", where your priority is about mobility, systems of engagement, social, etc.

That implies that Modern-Apps is more about mobile devices (Tablets & Phone) developed on .NET most of all (.NET/WinRt & .NET/Phone), and less about Desktop Business Applications.

WPF is key and currently the technology of choice for Desktop Applications. If we say "Modern Apps" it is simply a different segmentation of applications by customer's priorities. WPF is key for Business Applications and Mission Critical Applications.

Regarding Silverlight, it is for the web, and clearly here, in the long term, Microsoft bet is HTML5/JScript based on server technologies like ASP.NET, WebAPI, WCF, etc.

The lack of focus on Silverlight is precisely because of the devices explosion we had in the latest years, where you cannot install your plugin (Silverlight or Flash) in many new devices.

re: bird's -eye view of Microsoft ‘Modern-Trend’ Technologies

WPF — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:15:07 GMT

Where is WPF & SILVERLIGHT?????!!!!!!!