Desktop Apps
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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
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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.
From an old shellback
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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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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
That's the only kind I do. Though I do it well enough that I still have people tell me it works well on a phone. Doh!
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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.
I wonder if you will get discharged for releasing details about your development environment to civilians...
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I wonder if you will get discharged for releasing details about your development environment to civilians...
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
Yes, my last two jobs were all desktop apps. It was much easier to make feature rich apps on the desktop than all the monkeying with web apps. My current job, unfortunately is just web apps. the weird part is in my daily work, I tend to forget about web apps that I'm supposed to use. I don't really like having a dozen tabs open in my browser, but I don't have an issue with a dozen desktop apps open. I would prefer to get back to desktop apps, they always felt more solid and easier to control visually than checking 4 different browsers and mobile to verify that it still looked right :sigh:
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
I do. It's just that we (desktop devs) don't rule the nerd news. One of the factors is, I am sure, the lack of a new framework every week which web devs are fond of. Which reminds me, I remember reading an article titled something like "Current challenges for developers" and when reading, I was thinking "Nope, I don't have that problem" every few lines. After a paragraph or two, I understood it's a web dev writing about web dev challenges, but assumed web is all there is so "dev" it is.
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
Yes, still alive and kicking
