C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions

Re:C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions by thrower123 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @06:16PM (#26641260)

I'm pretty sure WinForms is being migrated. I've built dotnet 5 WinForms apps, anyway. At least on Windows - I wouldn't bet on a Linux Gtk/Qt port any time soon.

WPF is probably dead though.

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Re:C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions by tekdude on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:47PM (#26642316)

WPF is quite alive. I had a pretty big audio processing project using WPF a while back, and when I migrated the codebase from .NET Framework to .NET Core 3.1 (and now .NET 5), there were surprisingly noticeable responsiveness improvements. I think they also have some more improvements planned for .NET 6 as well.

Self plug: A while back, I split off my own WPF MVVM framework from that larger project. It's designed for building simple touch-style interfaces, like you would see on a phone/tablet: https://tinyurl.com/upbeatui

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Re:C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions by ziml77 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:27PM (#26642179)

Microsoft wouldn't let WPF die. Anyone writing enterprise desktop applications is using it heavily.

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Re:C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:33AM (#26643855)

Anyone writing enterprise desktop applications is using it heavily.

I don't think there is much of that going on anymore.

In reality Microsoft did let WPF languish for years, it always felt unfinished. I was very surprised when they migrated it to .Net core.

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Re:C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions by my123 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @06:31PM (#26641379)

WPF is not dead, it got open-sourced and was ported to .NET Core 3.1 onwards.

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