Re:SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transi...
by derefr on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:50AM
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> I'm not even sure what's the "modern" way anymore to build Windows apps – is it UWP? WinForms? something else?
I feel like Microsoft has made this intentionally obscure because their business model requires that they talk out of both sides of their mouth: they want enterprises building their line-of-business CRUD apps to feel confident and secure in using older APIs like WinForms, by telling them that they’re using first-class APIs that will be supported in the long term, and aren’t being deprecated just because there are other, newer APIs; and, at the same time, they want developers coming into the ecosystem fresh to find UWP first, so that UWP apps get built and make Windows tablet usage easier/better.
I feel like Microsoft has made this intentionally obscure because their business model requires that they talk out of both sides of their mouth: they want enterprises building their line-of-business CRUD apps to feel confident and secure in using older APIs like WinForms, by telling them that they’re using first-class APIs that will be supported in the long term, and aren’t being deprecated just because there are other, newer APIs; and, at the same time, they want developers coming into the ecosystem fresh to find UWP first, so that UWP apps get built and make Windows tablet usage easier/better.