Desktop Apps
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How on Earth did you manage that?
Envy is a terrible thing
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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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
A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!
Neato! :-D
Happy for you in NOLA
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
Rarely, I write mostly back-end code and other applications with no users. But a few utility programs as well.
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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"
A Home boy! It's so built up now you wouldn't recognize it.
Go Skippers!
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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.
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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Neato! :-D
Happy for you in NOLA
But hey, check that out! ;) [Search Careers at Electronic Arts](https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs?page=1&inp11535=1)
A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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Yes.
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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.
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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Yes ... I find no joy in "web development". BTW, the "desktop" includes x86, x64, ARM, PC's, tablets, HDMI TV's (display), Mobile, Hub, Hololens and XBox.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
Well, and I'm speaking as primarily a desktop developer myself, HTML is one of the very few "common denominator" things that potentially works on anything that has a screen. Now, I wish people in my area hired developers who know HTML/CSS/JS rather than having 20 years in the latest "framework of the week" that causes what should be simple Web pages or Web apps to weigh dozens of GB and to take 45 minutes to load on a mid-range phone over a 5G network.
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
Absolutely. I am the enterprise architect for a client/server desktop app that supports electronic warfare in the US Air Force. I honestly don't know how we would implement our app any other way (other organizations have tried and failed). We have multiple windows/forms being used at the same time, many that interact with each other. We also cache a ton of data and use it between those forms. The app is a WinForms solution comprised of 80+ projects and about a million lines of code. We interact with 10 different SQL Server databases via ADO.NET using stored procedures for all DB interaction. The app is used by about 400ish users on a daily basis and has been for about 15 years. We are still actively developing new features while maintaining existing functionality.
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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
Also working desktop apps in VB.NET. Using NHibernate and SQL Server.
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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
Actually I had a VB6 app still out in the wild up until about a year ago (sorta a victim to covid).. lol. But I didn't consider it active dev since I havent touched the code in probably close to 3 years. The remaining active projects are VB.NET. Until office politics kills them anyway. I embrace being the red headed stepchild amongst my C, Java, and JS peers and all their new fangled interwebz and mobile stack. They try to get a rise out of me but I remind them the majority of their tools are still desktop apps. So I can't be that obsolete yet.
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Absolutely. I am the enterprise architect for a client/server desktop app that supports electronic warfare in the US Air Force. I honestly don't know how we would implement our app any other way (other organizations have tried and failed). We have multiple windows/forms being used at the same time, many that interact with each other. We also cache a ton of data and use it between those forms. The app is a WinForms solution comprised of 80+ projects and about a million lines of code. We interact with 10 different SQL Server databases via ADO.NET using stored procedures for all DB interaction. The app is used by about 400ish users on a daily basis and has been for about 15 years. We are still actively developing new features while maintaining existing functionality.
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
Also yes. The app is called Church Windows and can be found on-line. Building a web version begins in September.
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Absolutely. I am the enterprise architect for a client/server desktop app that supports electronic warfare in the US Air Force. I honestly don't know how we would implement our app any other way (other organizations have tried and failed). We have multiple windows/forms being used at the same time, many that interact with each other. We also cache a ton of data and use it between those forms. The app is a WinForms solution comprised of 80+ projects and about a million lines of code. We interact with 10 different SQL Server databases via ADO.NET using stored procedures for all DB interaction. The app is used by about 400ish users on a daily basis and has been for about 15 years. We are still actively developing new features while maintaining existing functionality.
Way cool! I got started in IT in the Navy on A6 Intruder Jets, during Viet Nam. Yes Carrier based. Yed, Pilots that were too god to speak to enlisted pukes on a Mediterranean cruise, couldn't talkt to us enough on the West-Pac cruise to Viet Nam. ;P Not sure if you are in Air Force or a civilian contractor, but thank you for your service.
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