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Ultra Rich Applications with WPF

When Silverlight is not enough. Ultra Rich Applications with WPF. Laurent Bugnion Senior Software Engineer Siemens Building Technologies - Zug Email: laurent@galasoft.ch Blog: http://blog.galasoft.ch Site: http://www.galasoft.ch. Silverlight - A subset of .NET.

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Ultra Rich Applications with WPF

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  1. When Silverlight is not enough Ultra Rich Applicationswith WPF Laurent Bugnion Senior Software Engineer Siemens Building Technologies - Zug Email: laurent@galasoft.ch Blog: http://blog.galasoft.ch Site: http://www.galasoft.ch

  2. Silverlight - A subset of .NET • Silverlight is not « just » presentation • Same application model • Recompile is needed • Not 100% compatible

  3. Why WPF? • Standalone applications • Silverlight is browser-hosted only • And in the future? … • 3D • Huge potential for data visualization, simulation systems etc… • Not as fast as Direct3D but easier to program

  4. Why WPF? • Printing support • Better support for complex printing operations, reports, etc… • Text presentation, Layout • FlowDocument for dynamic presentation • FixedDocument (XPS) for static presentation

  5. DEMO

  6. Why WPF? • Multi-Threading, Performance • Each Window can run in a separate Thread • Very comfortable multi-threading API • Offline work • With the Sync Framework, offline scenarios become supported

  7. Sync Framework FeedSync Feed(RSS / Atom) Line of Business Outlook Pocket Outlook

  8. Sync Framework Online clients Offline clients with SQL Server Compact local store Online clients Atom, JSON, XML Atom, JSON, XML ADO.NET Data Services v.Next ADO.NET Data Services v1 Sync-enabled data source

  9. Interoperability • Microsoft Office • Window Forms • Direct3D • Legacy Applications • Microsoft Foundation Class MFC • ActiveX / COM

  10. WPF Deployment Strategies Standalone applications MSI installation, Setup Most complete / More complex • ClickOnce applications • Very easy • Auto update • Less complete

  11. WPF Deployment Strategies XAML Browser Application XBAP Full Trust with certificate Partial Trust

  12. DEMO

  13. Different but similar Great tool support Same programming languages Concepts, models and interfaces Compatible Great communities

  14. User Experience Continuum HTML, JavaScript, CSS • Silverlight • WPF Partial Trust XBAP • WPF Full Trust ClickOnce • WPF Full Trust MSI

  15. © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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