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Wpf vs. Silverlight

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Forum Name: DevForce 2010
Forum Discription: For .NET 4.0
URL: http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1977
Printed Date: 14-May-2026 at 7:53am


Topic: Wpf vs. Silverlight
Posted By: BillG
Subject: Wpf vs. Silverlight
Date Posted: 19-Jul-2010 at 4:00pm

Up to this time, I have only programmed in winforms. Now I am looking for that next step forward. For LOB apps, which is better Wpf or Silverlight? Is Wpf dead now that Silverlight 4 is out? Is anyone out there doing Wpf LOB apps?

 
Bill
 


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Posted By: sarmaad
Date Posted: 20-Jul-2010 at 4:59am
WPF is far from dead, its just that Silverlight playing catchup.

keep in mind that they target two deferent audience and solves deferent problems.

WPF/Silverlight are totally deferent from winforms, so approach with open mind and good books...

good luck.

sarmaad

Posted By: ting
Date Posted: 20-Jul-2010 at 4:58pm

WPF is very much alive and there are a number of folks doing WPF LOB apps.  If you're coming from WinForms, WPF will be a more familiar environment because you don't have to worry about asynchronous queries or navigation.  If your users are demanding a no-touch browser deployment, obviously Silverlight is the answer there.


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