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  • R raddevus

    MarcusCole092076 wrote:

    Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

    His voice echoed in the empty cave... :laugh: Unfortunately, many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev. I do still work on some desktop apps but more and more they are a pain to deploy and they should really just be implemented as web apps or at least WPF / UWP or something.

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    Mark_Wallace
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    raddevus wrote:

    they should really just be implemented as web apps or at least WPF / UWP or something.

    ... Which everyone will prefer to run on a desktop.

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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      Maximilien
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      Me, using c++ and MFC.

      I'd rather be phishing!

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        Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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        Lost User
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        Moi.

        Speed of sound - 1100 ft/sec Speed of light - 186,000 mi/sec Speed of stupid - instantaneous.

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          Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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          Chris Losinger
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          up until a year ago: me now, it's all REST

          image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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            Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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            I have been for the past year. Before that, I wrote software for the Microsoft Hololens and back-end services for the military.

            When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.

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            • M Maximilien

              Me, using c++ and MFC.

              I'd rather be phishing!

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              James_Parsons
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              Dear god :~

              i cri evry tiem

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                up until a year ago: me now, it's all REST

                image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                Is that a well deserved rest or is that still to come?

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                • R raddevus

                  MarcusCole092076 wrote:

                  Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

                  His voice echoed in the empty cave... :laugh: Unfortunately, many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev. I do still work on some desktop apps but more and more they are a pain to deploy and they should really just be implemented as web apps or at least WPF / UWP or something.

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                  Kevin Marois
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                  raddevus wrote:

                  many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.

                  Ridiculous. I've been doing desktop dev for 30+ years and will continue to so. There is no shortage of work out there.

                  If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                  • K Kevin Marois

                    raddevus wrote:

                    many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.

                    Ridiculous. I've been doing desktop dev for 30+ years and will continue to so. There is no shortage of work out there.

                    If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                    raddevus
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                    Oh.

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                    • M Maximilien

                      Me, using c++ and MFC.

                      I'd rather be phishing!

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                      raddevus
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                      Wow. MFC. I really liked that framework. Amazing that it still going somewhere. DocView architecture FTW!!! :laugh:

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                      • M MarcusCole6833

                        Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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                        Kevin Marois
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                        This questions comes up all the time. Right now I'm working on a WPF app for a medical device. Before that I did a WPF app for automotive diagnostics. Before that a WPF app for the chiropractic industry. Before that a WPF for the construction industry, before that.... ... and on and on and on... For 30+ years I've been doing desktop apps. There still are and always will be desktop apps. Some apps have no reason to be and never will be web apps.

                        If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                        • K Kevin Marois

                          raddevus wrote:

                          many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.

                          Ridiculous. I've been doing desktop dev for 30+ years and will continue to so. There is no shortage of work out there.

                          If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                          enhzflep
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                          Oh yeah? :laugh: And what, pray tell, do you think the word many means?

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                            Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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                            jesarg
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                            Our legacy systems more than a couple years old are predominantly desktop, and they still need maintaining.

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                              Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              Seems like you meant to post this in the Lounge, not Insider News. Been there, done that. :) As to your question, I am currently coding projects in/with/for/on: ASP.NET/Razor Misc web applications (my own back-end server and a few 3rd party Javascript client frameworks) Desktop utilities in C# Server-side DLL plugins / WCF WPF desktop app WinForm (using DevExpress) desktop apps Beaglebone Single Board Computer in Python It's interesting when I list that, as I often enough touch every one of those projects in a single day. So, "predominantly" doesn't really exist for me, it's pretty much all over the map. Marc

                              Latest Article - Merkle Trees Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                Seems like you meant to post this in the Lounge, not Insider News. Been there, done that. :) As to your question, I am currently coding projects in/with/for/on: ASP.NET/Razor Misc web applications (my own back-end server and a few 3rd party Javascript client frameworks) Desktop utilities in C# Server-side DLL plugins / WCF WPF desktop app WinForm (using DevExpress) desktop apps Beaglebone Single Board Computer in Python It's interesting when I list that, as I often enough touch every one of those projects in a single day. So, "predominantly" doesn't really exist for me, it's pretty much all over the map. Marc

                                Latest Article - Merkle Trees Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                Mycroft Holmes
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                                Yeah but there probably aren't many who over achieve like you do.

                                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                • K Kevin Marois

                                  raddevus wrote:

                                  many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.

                                  Ridiculous. I've been doing desktop dev for 30+ years and will continue to so. There is no shortage of work out there.

                                  If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.

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                                  PeejayAdams
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                                  I'm predominately desktop myself (and very much hope to be until I retire) but there's clearly less desktop work around than there used to be and I don't see anything remotely ridiculous about raddevus' comment.

                                  98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

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                                    Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?

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                                    Munchies_Matt
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                                    If by desktop you include 'a Windows based interface in a Type 35 frigate' then yes, thats where my drivers are going. :)

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                                      If by desktop you include 'a Windows based interface in a Type 35 frigate' then yes, thats where my drivers are going. :)

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                                      MarcusCole6833
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                                      indeed I do, you Able Seaman!

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                                        indeed I do, you Able Seaman!

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                                        Munchies_Matt
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                                        Aye aye! (They are also going into financial houses in the UK and US. )

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