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Reminds me of when I started programming WinForms apps in C#, and one tutorial was about "building a web browser". Sounded super cool! Except the first step was
by frabert 7y ago
Reminds me of when I started programming WinForms apps in C#, and one tutorial was about "building a web browser". Sounded super cool! Except the first step was "drag WebBrowser into the form". Yeah, that's not a new web browser, that's some buttons to control IE.
- rafaelvasco 7y agoHehehe. Good times. Really liked WinForms when I was starting C#; Its ease of use was never replicated again with newer tech like WPF, due to the inherent complexity of WPF compared to WinForms;
- thedirt0115 7y agoIf you're still interested in writing your own browser from scratch, this series of posts (in Rust instead of C#, sorry!) is a good introduction: https://limpet.net/mbrubeck/2014/08/08/toy-layout-engine-1.html https://limpet.net/mbrubeck/2014/08/08/toy-layout-engine-1.h...