Prism for WPF and Win 8 with Brian Noyes
Carl and Richard chat with Brian Noyes about the state of affairs with WPF, Windows 8 and the Prism project. Brian starts out the conversation talking about WPF is far from dead - Microsoft continues to invest in it, and lots of folks, including Brian's customers, are building great applications with WPF. This leads to a discussion about how the changes to Windows 8 at Build affect the WPF story and development in general - a huge topic area that warrants a bunch more shows. Finally, Brian digs into Prism, Microsoft Patterns and Practice group toolset for building great Windows apps for all sorts of versions of Windows, including Windows 8. Prism has moved beyond Silverlight, and is worth a serious look!
Guests:
Brian Noyes
Brian Noyes is CTO and Co-founder of Solliance (www.solliance.net), a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP, and Pluralsight author. Brian specializes in building rich HTML and XAML clients and the services that back them with ASP.NET, WCF, and Azure. Brian is author of nine Pluralsight courses, four books, and dozens of magazine and online publication articles. He is a frequent top rated speaker at conferences worldwide including Microsoft TechEd, VSLive!, DevIntersection, DevConnections, DevTeach, DevReach, and others. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcats in the U. S. Navy, later turning his passion for software development into his current career. You can reach Brian through his blog at http://briannoyes.net or on Twitter @briannoyes.
Links:
- WindowChrome Class http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.shell.windowchrome(v=vs.110).aspx
- WPF Custom Chrome Library http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/131515/WPF-Custom-Chrome-Library
- Prism at Patterns and Practices http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648465.aspx
- Prism on CodePlex http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/
- Prism for Windows 8 on CodePlex http://prismwindowsruntime.codeplex.com/