Desktop Apps
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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