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I'm in the process of learning C# and have a firm grasp of Java, and almost two decades ago VB6. I'm jumping straight into Windows desktop applications and wonder what alternatives there are to WPF?
Anything recent, that would be more relevant to spend time learning?
I did find a thread here, but wonder if there has been any changes. For instance, Silverlight is all, but seemingly abandoned.
Background: I hold a BS degree in Computer science, but it has been about 5-years since I have been in the technology industry and would like to jump back into a programming career. As a start I would like to build a portfolio.
In general, WPF is the best option for Desktop development on Windows. There is nothing else that comes close.
The main "alternative" would be if you wanted to target Windows Store applications, in which case you'd use the Windows Store development model. This is still XAML based (as are all of the new Microsoft UI technologies), so WPF knowledge transfers over fairly well.
If you are solely looking at c# native UI development, I think your only alternative would be WinForms. Personally I think that WPF is a lot more flexible and easier to work with when you get a grasp on it, and it's very friendly to expansion if you want to write your own extensions. WinForms can arguably be more basic and easy to learn, but you won't achieve the same level of flexibility and extension.
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I have been doing UML diagrams on paper for awhile now, but I want to start doing it digitally for obvious reasons. I have used many bits of software that can do this, but some are over complicated and some just are not intuitive.
I should point out that I am a .Net programmer, so I don't use Eclipse :(
Can anyone suggest some good UML designers that are free? Online or desktop apps are fine.
You could try GenMyModel, it is online.
Having tried several ones, my choice would be Modelio, which is easy to handle and quite complete.
But it depends what exactly you want to do with it. Core Modelio is free, but some additionnal functionalities are not (I'm not exactly sure which ones, but I suppose code generation would be in the list Edit : Java generation is free but C# is not... sigh...).
ArgoUML is old but still reliable and standalone: http://argouml.tigris.org/
You now have Eclipse UML plugins which are free: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/390438/good-free-uml-tool-for-java-eclipse
A good long list is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unified_Modeling_Language_tools
Which ones are good is beyond me though. I suggest trying them out and keep the one that is the easiest for you to use.
UML Software as bouml are good,
but I recommand you Eclipse + Ecore / Ecore diagram technologies : You can draw your model and with acceleo generate code automatically.
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I am developing a Windows GUI Application. I need a tool to create a prototype design. Please help me to find the best tools? Thanks.
Visio have some stencils for Windows GUI which can be used to prototype a design.
Another option is to use the Visual Studio designer (for either WPF or WinForms) and just layout the forms, without any code.
It really depends on whether you want a free tool or a paid for one, plus what technology you're going to use in the long run.
For winforms, Anders answer is probably best.
If you're aiming at using Silverlight or WPF then I'd recommend Expression Blend as you can produce a rough working GUI design and quickly transform it into working code.
Microsoft SketchFlow seems like a quite good tool.
You can create more or less working prototypes, the standard skin of the prototypes are pencil-sketch style to give the viewer a feeling that the prototype is just a prototype and not a working application.
If you want to show examples of final look'n feel you can just use the regular WinForms or WPF designer.
I use this one a lot. It's easy to put stuff together and there is a wealth of addons to meet your gui needs.
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I have a project i am working on currently and would like to implement some sort of software tracking in the code. ideally, stuff like how often its launched. how long it runs for, feature tracking, etc. I already use Exceptioneer for unhandled exceptions, but would like something similar for usage tracking.
this data should all be anonymous and ideally run as a service by someone else. and i would like to give the users the option to turn it off, if they so wish to... So, is this something i should implement myself, or are there third parties out there that do this sort of things? i know it might be a sticky area, but i have seen stats about iPhone app usage. they do it, so why cant we? (if the user agrees, of course)
[Update] Based on the comments, i should have been more clear. this is a Winforms .NET 4. application, though i am thinking of updating it later with WCF. i would only be tracking my own application, though i would also want to know minor information about environment (Windows OS Version, SP, maybe proc and ram...)
+1 to deskmetrics. There is an library for .net apps. Check out: https://github.com/deskmetrics/NET
I've heard they're investing pretty hard on others platforms (like Adobe Air and Mac/Cocoa). It is worthy to keep eyes on them.
Well, i've seeing watching fantastic user feedback on DeskMetrics, a company that calls itself 'Google Analytics for Desktop Software'. They've been profiled recently on TechCrunch, so i'd recommend to keep an eye at their product.
There are several third party products that do this kind of software analytics. One of the better ones is called Aternity.
See: http://www.aternity.com/
It seems after a bit more digging, i have found a couple of sites that offer this. any extras, please leave a comment:
Premeptive Runtime Intelligence: Free community version
DeskMetrics: free for one app, $49 for more...
any other suggestions?
You can also use google analytics to track your app usage.
GaDotNet is a free library to integrate Google analytics tracking in your application:
more info here : http://www.diaryofaninja.com/projects/details/ga-dot-net
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I have a WPF and C# application, and I want to know if it can be ported to silverlight. Is there a tool to analyse the dependencies and tell me what I can't use, and what I can ?
Thanks.
As far as I know there is not. The best way to find out is to create a Silverlight project and copy your code across, then start analysing all the build errors. It is not a great solution, but I don't know of any better way.
As an aside, there is a nice white paper that details the differences between WPF and Silverlight here:
http://wpfslguidance.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx
I have not seen such tool, but there is WPF compatibility list on MSDN which i use.
I've just remembered that when I tried to port a C# app to Linux/Mono I used Moma analyser, it helps to identify issues you may have when porting a .Net application to Mono, and I know that Mono only implement Silverlight not WPF, so I will give it a try.
And you can see and change the data for what Moma consider to be implemented or not. In the Definition directory there is a 2.8-4.0-defs.zip file, inside there are 4 text files exception.txt, missing.txt, monotodo.txt, and version.txt, it is 3 lists of functions that will produce errors. So maybe someone can scrape the info about what Silverlight implements, and change the files accordingly.
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I would like to ask you all about the Unity framework and programming. Unity supports three different languages; Boo, C# and Unityscript. Say you were new to programming and developing on OS X.
What is the best language to learn and use alongside Unity to create games?
First of all, it's a matter of taste. All 3 languages are fully capable. It's also worth mentioning that performance-wise there is no significant difference.
So, which one? You'll have to choose for yourself.
Perhaps this would help:
C#:
pros:
well known, easy to find people who know it
strict (find mistakes during compile time)
usable code bits may be found online, even outside Unity's context
cons:
why so serious?
UnityScript (not really JavaScript):
pros:
easy to learn quickly
cons:
not strict (find mistakes late - only during run-time)
Boo:
pros:
beautiful syntax (pythonesquely clean)
strict (find mistakes during compile time)
cons:
not many people use it (so if you're hiring...)
For me, a web developer, Javascript was easiest to use. I use C# when I need to, but Javascript is fastest for me and I don't notice any performance hits.
You can check out this thread on the Unity forums for choosing a language to work with:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/18507-Boo-C-and-JavaScript-in-Unity-Experiences-and-Opinions