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Are most Windows apps currently designed with WPF or something else? I have always looked to things like the Calculator and Notepad as a signal of confidence;
by Razengan 7y ago
Are most Windows apps currently designed with WPF or something else?
I have always looked to things like the Calculator and Notepad as a signal of confidence; I know there’s little reason to rewrite them, but the proof of the pudding would be if Microsoft updated something as “simple” as those applets to their championed UI framework.
I know Visual Studio (and their abandoned Expression Studio) is/was built with WPF, but what’s the score in the “wild”?
- pjmlp 7y agoMost greenfield enterprise apps are WPF/UWP, some still insist on using Forms though. No one uses MFC/ATL for greenfield applications on Windows. When C++ comes into play, it is plugged via DLLs or COM into .NET applications (or even via C++/CX, C++/WinRT or C++/CLI). As for pure Win32 C style, for greenfield apps, only if are feeling masochist. Not counting 3rd party alternatives here like Qt, Delphi or C++ Builder.
- Razengan 7y agoWhat's the distinction between WPF/UWP/WinRT/.NET? What's the Windows' analogue of Swift+SwiftUI? i.e. telling someone new to the platform about what to focus on.