WPF
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Never heard of it. I am building this as a learning tool and in the hope that it may help someone in the future.
Bob Dole
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Then WPF is fine.
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So far I am having fun, the VS2012 WPF designer actually works. The WPF designer in BS2010 did not work very well (IME), so I never got into WPF then.
Bob Dole
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:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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Glad to have provided you with some entertainment!
Wout
:-D As has been said - with Sinofsky condemned to the scrap heap, there's some hope ahead (look for enhancements that bring WPF/WinRT/WP7 etc to work with "the cloud" directly).
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Here's a little gotcha: it's obsolete! (Yet paradoxically there ain't something that replaces it). :laugh:
Wout
Osbolete, huh? Then why was large chunks of the Visual Studio 2012 UI re-written with it??
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So far I am having fun, the VS2012 WPF designer actually works. The WPF designer in BS2010 did not work very well (IME), so I never got into WPF then.
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
Yeah, the new designer is a huge improvement.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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I think you've got it backwards. MS is killing off Silverlight. Hence HTML5. Yet WPF is a key component in Win8 Desktop Development. http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/223007/microsoft-turn-silverlight[^]
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I guessed as much. :) I likely will add bindings for that, but I also will add bindings for other game frameworks, so games can be built for Win8 (I actually like Win8, and XNA is not (officially) supported there). I might add bindings for ANX.Framework[^], which is a clone of XNA. It also (is supposed to) work on Win8 as well. I will likely use Axiom3D[^] as the built-in game GUI framework, with the ability to use either DirectX (through SlimDX), or OpenGL (through OpenTK) with it. I am deciding on which Physics engine to use, but will likely use Jitter Physics[^].
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
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You'll have to keep re-reading my initial post until you understand it. When you post a reponse that shows you comprehend what I wrote I'll respond. If you never get there, we're done.
I got it fine. You basically suggested Silverlight over WPF, and my point to you is that Silverlight won't be around, and WPF will be. Not sure where the disconnect is here.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Yeah, the new designer is a huge improvement.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
True that.
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
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I guessed as much. :) I likely will add bindings for that, but I also will add bindings for other game frameworks, so games can be built for Win8 (I actually like Win8, and XNA is not (officially) supported there). I might add bindings for ANX.Framework[^], which is a clone of XNA. It also (is supposed to) work on Win8 as well. I will likely use Axiom3D[^] as the built-in game GUI framework, with the ability to use either DirectX (through SlimDX), or OpenGL (through OpenTK) with it. I am deciding on which Physics engine to use, but will likely use Jitter Physics[^].
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
I'm a big fan of FarSeer Physics[^]
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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wout de zeeuw wrote:
Here's a little gotcha: it's obsolete
Says who? maybe you haven't noticed, but WPF is a key tool in Win 8. It's not obsolete and it's not going anywhere.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
WPF is a key tool in Win 8
Really? Which apps those ship with Win 8 use WPF?
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Kevin Marois wrote:
WPF is a key tool in Win 8
Really? Which apps those ship with Win 8 use WPF?
Desktop apps
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Wout's wrong. WPF is not obsolete - the type of game you want to build will dictate whether or not WPF is a good choice. If it's something like Tetris, WPF is fine; if it's a FPS, then you don't want to use WPF.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
If it's something like Tetris, WPF is fine; if it's a FPS, then you don't want to use WPF.
On the other hand HTML5 is good for both:). Ducks and runs.
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Desktop apps
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Yes. I get that but which desktop app which ships with Windows 8 is actually written in WPF?
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Yes. I get that but which desktop app which ships with Windows 8 is actually written in WPF?
Hell if I know
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Hell if I know
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
The right answer in none. The only one application which was written in WPF - Powershell IDE no longer ships in Windows 8. So to say WPF is a key tool in Windows 8 is not at all accurate. It is as much as a key tool as WTL.
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The right answer in none. The only one application which was written in WPF - Powershell IDE no longer ships in Windows 8. So to say WPF is a key tool in Windows 8 is not at all accurate. It is as much as a key tool as WTL.
Um, sure. Whatever you say
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
If it's something like Tetris, WPF is fine; if it's a FPS, then you don't want to use WPF.
On the other hand HTML5 is good for both:). Ducks and runs.
Why? It is good for both.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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Osbolete, huh? Then why was large chunks of the Visual Studio 2012 UI re-written with it??
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave KreskowiakMS does a lot of things that are not rational.
Wout
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I got it fine. You basically suggested Silverlight over WPF, and my point to you is that Silverlight won't be around, and WPF will be. Not sure where the disconnect is here.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Both Silverlight and WPF are in Windows 8. Any operating system that cannot handle Silverlight cannot handle WPF. That is, an operating system that can handle WPF will have a browser that supports Silverlight. In that way, they are tied together. So I reject the notion that one is going to disappear before the other, regardless of Microsoft's HTML 5 dreams. Given that I chose Silverlight for 3 reasons: 1: Forces asyncronous processing which is were the world is going anyways. 2: Best fit for preparation for porting to Window RT. 3: Ease of distribution (unless the game is going to be played only on local network). Thinking ahead that the library this guy builds may need to be ported to WindowsRT one day I suggested the technology (in my reading on the topic) that best supports that future state, eases distribution, and allows him to pick up asynchronous processing along the way. That and he may want to put his game on a Windows Phone. Those are very solid reasons which are something other than the FUD nonsense you posted. It isn't a Silverlight vs. WPF religious thing - it's a thinking ahead thing. Granted, now that Sinofsky's gone anything goes. We can only do the best with what we know.