Cloud computing - but I'm a winforms developer!!
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Hello, all this talk about cloud computing has got me ... concerned. I'm first and foremost a winforms developer, and much of the software I build, well, let's just say I'd be at a loss on how to convert it to the web. It's my understanding that cloud computing is the kind of software-as-a-service-rendered-in-a-browser which calls for a lot of ajax, a lot of web-servicing, basically a lot of stuff which I haven't gotten a clue about and know would take a long time to learn properly. So my question is this, what's your take on cloud computing and the future of the winforms app, and what should my focus be, if I should try to leverage som of my winforms knowledge in trying to move to cloud computing services? Windows Presentation Foundation, perhaps? Thank you for your considerations on the above, Morten
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Hello, all this talk about cloud computing has got me ... concerned. I'm first and foremost a winforms developer, and much of the software I build, well, let's just say I'd be at a loss on how to convert it to the web. It's my understanding that cloud computing is the kind of software-as-a-service-rendered-in-a-browser which calls for a lot of ajax, a lot of web-servicing, basically a lot of stuff which I haven't gotten a clue about and know would take a long time to learn properly. So my question is this, what's your take on cloud computing and the future of the winforms app, and what should my focus be, if I should try to leverage som of my winforms knowledge in trying to move to cloud computing services? Windows Presentation Foundation, perhaps? Thank you for your considerations on the above, Morten
harleydk wrote:
I'd be at a loss on how to convert it to the web
Just make it ClickOnce. :)
harleydk wrote:
what's your take on cloud computing and the future of the winforms app
If cloud computing didn't exist, the future of winforms would be WPF anyway. My impression is that this cloud OS that Ballmer is about to unveil is simply Live Mesh taken to the next level. At the moment Live Mesh is about synchronising data across devices. But the long-term vision is about synchronising applications across devices via a cloud OS that you access from any device anywhere in the world and including from a Mac. (I think in theory this could be from Linux as well.) But let's wait and see what MS unveils at the PDC later this month.
Kevin