Hanselminutes Podcast 166 - Windows Presentation Foundation explained by Ian Griffiths
My one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth podcast is up. Scott chats with Ian Griffiths about Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Why is it so hard to master? What techniques should the WinForms developer learn first? Scott's working on a side project, and he and Ian brainstorm ways for Scott's application to use WPF more effectively.
- Ian Griffiths on Twitter
- Ian's Griffiths' blog
- Read: Programming WPF by Ian Griffiths and some other dude.
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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
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Jason
I think Ian was well-spoken and concise. Sometimes technical people are not great with interviews. You both helped me see the angle brackets in my mind.
I remember thinking at one point that the show must be edited because you were able to move on to the next question so easily with no awkward pauses in between each response.
The content was great and I am breaking into WPF and MVVM myself so I appreciate the timing of it.
It was also the right length of time. I know you pay attention to that to avoid wasting our time and like I said the conversation was concise.
Thanks for doing it, I really appreciate it.
I wanted to mention that the problem of separating the model from the UI exists in Windows Forms as well as WPF.
The temptation to store the model in UI elements I think is less a WinForms vs WPF thing and more a code-it-as-you-go thing. The designer makes it so easy create-it-as-you-go for the UI that it's very easy to slip into the same mindset when it comes to the data model. Heck, for scratch projects I do it all the time. For bigger projects it starts to hurt pretty early in the process. :)
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