It seems like a few organisations are starting to drop SL for HTML5. Anyone any links to discussions regarding the future of SL? I noticed Windows were bigging up HTML 5 the other day, which seemed at odds with their business.
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Silverlight/WPF or HTML 5?
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Silverlight was killed 3 years ago. I thought you had seen the announcement and the discussion here on it.
http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...lverlight.htmlmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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No, I got that years ago it was going to be killed off, but it hasn't. If you look at Windows 8, it's all WPF and all. But still they make these statements. Currently SL5 and SL to be supported until 'at least 2021'.
It all seems like they're constantly contradicting themselves.Comment
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Yeah - we have done some SL development - it does produce some nice UI's etc and according to our dev team some of the tools/methods are quite good.
However we have our next major development will be using HTML5.
So there you go.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostNo, I got that years ago it was going to be killed off, but it hasn't. If you look at Windows 8, it's all WPF and all. But still they make these statements. Currently SL5 and SL to be supported until 'at least 2021'.
It all seems like they're constantly contradicting themselves.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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I was doing a Google search on WPF or HTML5 and this thread came up.
Anyway, when deciding technologies, always use the JobServe decision support system figure out what's hot and what's not.
WPF looks like it's in decline to me, HTML5 and JS are capable of supporting applications on any platform. Look at what MS has done with Winforms (dropped but supported), Silverlight (dropped but supported) and I think I'd be looking towards HTML 5 + JS framework.
Can you put your WPF apps on iOS, OS X, Android etc?
Anyway, this is from the former WPF project manager
RIAGENIC.com | The Unofficial Windows 8 Developer FAQ
Basically, Microsoft is a confused, fragmented, frightened mess.Last edited by DimPrawn; 29 July 2013, 20:17.Comment
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Another very useful article on the subject
HTML5, JavaScript, Knockout, JQuery, Guide for Recovering Silverlight/WPF/C# Addicts. Part 1 - JavaScript and DOM. - CodeProjectComment
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I seem to recall someone caught sight a Microsoft internal product development roadmap last year and Silverlight was missing from it.Comment
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Originally posted by BigRed View PostI seem to recall someone caught sight a Microsoft internal product development roadmap last year and Silverlight was missing from it.
There are question marks over whole .NET thingy now - historically Microsoft was very good with developers, but the best you can expect to get from them now is something like this -
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