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  • O obermd

    Many corporate apps are still desktop apps.

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    Super Lloyd
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    Many corporate app are web app these days, at least in Australia. Sad day for us who like to work on Desktop apps.... :((

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      I'm rewriting an winforms app I wrote several years ago in wpf. I've not been able to devote a lot of time to it though.

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      Jorgen Andersson
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      I'm having a WPF App that I'm thinking of rewriting in winforms...

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      • S Super Lloyd

        Today I will be back in Desktop Development! :D I am using future tense because there was a snafu and I don't have a corporate account yet! :laugh: And the PM show me my first week timeline, not going to touch real code for at least 4 days most likely.. But the time is nigh! :D

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        Slow Eddie
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        go get 'em

        happy in NOLA

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        • S Slow Eddie

          go get 'em

          happy in NOLA

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          Super Lloyd
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          I am gonna get them for yall, working at EA Games, motherlovers! Going to make Frostbite editor so good, all game teams will overdo themselves successfully! :D As a side note my Dev WM which I was just barely able to access at 4:30 pm today.. has.. 110Gb of RAM! Bazinga! :O

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          • S Slow Eddie

            Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

            Way behind the times in NOLA

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            Delphi 7 Solutions
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            Sure, most of my projects are desktop applications and that is not because I choose it, but because it is required from the clients. It's a long way from being dead

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            • S Slow Eddie

              Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

              Way behind the times in NOLA

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              Leonardo Pessoa
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              I (mostly) only do desktop apps. Without them, how else would one do web apps?

              - Leonardo

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                I am gonna get them for yall, working at EA Games, motherlovers! Going to make Frostbite editor so good, all game teams will overdo themselves successfully! :D As a side note my Dev WM which I was just barely able to access at 4:30 pm today.. has.. 110Gb of RAM! Bazinga! :O

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                Slow Eddie
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                How on Earth did you manage that?

                Envy is a terrible thing

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                • S Slow Eddie

                  How on Earth did you manage that?

                  Envy is a terrible thing

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                  Super Lloyd
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                  The funny thing is I did nothing at all! :O I sent 2 job applications, changed my mind.. (there was some miscommunication at work and, well, I really shouldn't have left but it was unclear at the time), then a HR call me with an opportunity (not the one I applied for, I think) and I was like mm... not really interested but sure tell me about it.. and then she said EA Game in Melbourne, for the Frostbite team is looking for a WPF developer.. and I was like... really, sign me in! :O Apparently they are on a hiring spree right at the moment.. and also had trouble finding anyone with WPF experience, lucky me I guess...! :D

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                  • S Super Lloyd

                    The funny thing is I did nothing at all! :O I sent 2 job applications, changed my mind.. (there was some miscommunication at work and, well, I really shouldn't have left but it was unclear at the time), then a HR call me with an opportunity (not the one I applied for, I think) and I was like mm... not really interested but sure tell me about it.. and then she said EA Game in Melbourne, for the Frostbite team is looking for a WPF developer.. and I was like... really, sign me in! :O Apparently they are on a hiring spree right at the moment.. and also had trouble finding anyone with WPF experience, lucky me I guess...! :D

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                    Slow Eddie
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                    Neato! :-D

                    Happy for you in NOLA

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                    • S Slow Eddie

                      Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                      Way behind the times in NOLA

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                      sasadler
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                      If you're talking about Win 8/10 style Apps, never, because I was (retired now) a firmware dev!

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                      • S Slow Eddie

                        Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                        Way behind the times in NOLA

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                        kmoorevs
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                        I do both desktop and web apps. In fact, I'm still doing active development on the first desktop lob app I was hired as a part-time college student to help with in '99. :) My ratio of desktop to web app development has gradually shifted over the last 10 years or so toward most new projects being browser based. Personally, I prefer desktop apps due to the stateless and sometimes unpredictable nature of the web. BTW, many moons ago, I lived/worked on the north shore in Mandeville. :) Great times! :laugh:

                        "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"

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                        • S Slow Eddie

                          Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                          Way behind the times in NOLA

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                          Choroid
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                          You mean there are other types of apps ? I enjoy re writing my JavaFX apps to Desktop apps and would be happy to share them with anyone Notebook with spelling correction and SQLite DB Pong and Breakout Card Printer You can add photos to the front and back of a 4 in by 5.5 in note card and print text on the two inside pages Printing is done on a 8.5 by 11 stock Label Machine prints address labels that are saved in SQLite DB on Avery 8250 that are 1 in by 2 5/8 in you can print all 30 labels or select the label location to print at the desired location

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                          • S Slow Eddie

                            Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                            Way behind the times in NOLA

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Rarely, I write mostly back-end code and other applications with no users. But a few utility programs as well.

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                            • K kmoorevs

                              I do both desktop and web apps. In fact, I'm still doing active development on the first desktop lob app I was hired as a part-time college student to help with in '99. :) My ratio of desktop to web app development has gradually shifted over the last 10 years or so toward most new projects being browser based. Personally, I prefer desktop apps due to the stateless and sometimes unpredictable nature of the web. BTW, many moons ago, I lived/worked on the north shore in Mandeville. :) Great times! :laugh:

                              "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"

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                              Slow Eddie
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                              A Home boy! It's so built up now you wouldn't recognize it.

                              Go Skippers!

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                              • S Slow Eddie

                                Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                                Way behind the times in NOLA

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                                Yortw
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                                All day every day. Well most of the day most days, there's a few 'web' back ends around now as well as some Windows Services etc. But most of our software is WinForms. Struggling with what tech to migrate to though - need something that targets desktop as first class, but also want it to be both cross platform and cross-form factor (desktop to mobile and back agai etc) as well as play more nicely with touch. I guess what UWP tried to be, but failed. Now we're considering... react and the web *shudder*. Sigh.

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                                  All day every day. Well most of the day most days, there's a few 'web' back ends around now as well as some Windows Services etc. But most of our software is WinForms. Struggling with what tech to migrate to though - need something that targets desktop as first class, but also want it to be both cross platform and cross-form factor (desktop to mobile and back agai etc) as well as play more nicely with touch. I guess what UWP tried to be, but failed. Now we're considering... react and the web *shudder*. Sigh.

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                                  Slow Eddie
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                                  Good luck dude. I am struggling through my first website now, and I pretty much hate it. I am using DevEX tools and that helps, somewhat.

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                                  • S Slow Eddie

                                    Neato! :-D

                                    Happy for you in NOLA

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                                    Super Lloyd
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                                    But hey, check that out! ;) [Search Careers at Electronic Arts](https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs?page=1&inp11535=1)

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                                    • S Slow Eddie

                                      Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:

                                      Way behind the times in NOLA

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                                      KLPounds
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                                      Not only do I still write desktop apps, I have several still in production that are in VB as well.

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        Yes.

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                                        darktrick544
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                                        We do, I prefer desktop apps over web apps any day.

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                                          Not only do I still write desktop apps, I have several still in production that are in VB as well.

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                                          Slow Eddie
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                                          VB6 or VB.Net. I am currently worling in both.:cool:

                                          "I like it, love it, yes I do" - Rolling Stones

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