I know I'm a dinosaur but....
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I'd like to start off by saying I love Code Project, the Daily News and the Lounge. I start every morning with it. It does seem to be primarily aimed at, and populated by, web application developers. :sigh: While I do some of that stuff, I mostly do Desktop program development. I would like to find a forum like Code Project aimed at Desktop programmers. If you know of one, please let me know. If we (desktop programmers) are a dying breed, let me know that too. I am not "jumping ship". I just want to add another ship to my fleet.
Does a persistent cough come from drinking too much coffee?
The only thing I really miss about "real programming" is that this web stuff is stateless. Get used to the appropriate songs and dances to transmit data between client and server took a while. When desperate enough to use a global, it turns out be cross between "applications" (i.e., sessions) unless one goes out of their way to stop it - and often don't go away unless deliberately destroyed or the browser is closed. But, one gets used to four or five languages on a page.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Slow Eddie wrote:
It does seem to be primarily aimed at, and populated by, web application developers.
While true, the CP folks strive to appeal to whatever interests their audience. At this time, a lot of that's web development. Desktop development still gets a fair amount of love here, though. If they have any bias at all, it's they are pretty Microsoft-centric.
Slow Eddie wrote:
If we (desktop programmers) are a dying breed, let me know that too
I don't think we're in imminent danger of disappearing entirely. It's more a case that desktop apps aren't the universal tool they once were. There are lots of cases where they are the right solution for a problem. For example, I don't really consider myself a "desktop developer", even though I write desktop apps that act as the UI for our equipment. Our applications act as the machine control panel, status indicators, and so on. I think of this as more a process control application with GUI bits than anything.
Software Zen:
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The only thing I really miss about "real programming" is that this web stuff is stateless. Get used to the appropriate songs and dances to transmit data between client and server took a while. When desperate enough to use a global, it turns out be cross between "applications" (i.e., sessions) unless one goes out of their way to stop it - and often don't go away unless deliberately destroyed or the browser is closed. But, one gets used to four or five languages on a page.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010