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Windows applications anno 2008
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
If you're about to develop a new application, how would you do it? Well Microsoft and the cool guys at Vertigo have a very nice reference application demonstration showing what you can do with:
- Technology: .NET Framework 3.0, WPF, XAML, XPS
- Installation: ClickOnce
- Design Tools: Expression Design, Expression Blend
- Developer Tools: Visual Studio, Expression Blend
It's called Family.Show and it is basically demonstrating the new way to build (future) applications for the Windows operating system.
The cool thing is that you can easily run it yourself and you can download the full source code for you to explore. They even have some development WPF/Expression Blend tips and detailed notes.
As Karstennj write:
- It's realistic because there are shrink-wrapped applications for sale today that offer similar functionality;
- It's applicable because it's a data-centric scenario, because the idea of a hierarchical tree is pervasive in many business scenarios (CRM and HR to name just two), it covers data visualization (also a key requirement for many modern business applications), and because it has a well thought out model that keeps data and presentation separate.
- It covers many feature areas: data binding, styling and templates, animation, XML serialization, resources, rich text editing, image manipulation, Windows Vista integration and XPS output.
- It's interesting: everyone has a family story to tell
Now what is missing is the collaboration part, the offline/online smart client part, and demonstration of auto update deployment but all-in-all I think this is a very nice application that many developers will use as reference application.
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