[Year 12 SofDev] Windows forms Apps or WPF Apps?

Thu Jan 10 08:59:26 UTC 2019

Visual studio still works to teach OOP and provides an easy entry to events and properties

a little harder to show classes and creating objects with properties but not too hard

the interface is easy drag and drop, but some students can be distracted by trying to involve the pretty factor

usually when I tell them that I am colour blind they go back to a little plainer 

also get your students to look at https://www.usability.gov <https://www.usability.gov/> 

Andrew
(starting at Lalor SC this year)


> On 10 Jan 2019, at 7:10 pm, David B Thomas <david.b.thomas at rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi, thanks for the feedback. I’ll definitely stick with forms.
> I was thinking I had to go with the latest and greatest technology.
> d.
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> From: sofdev <sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au> On Behalf Of Andrew Shortell
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 9:02 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Windows forms Apps or WPF Apps?
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> me too !
>  
> Andrew
> (starting at Lalor SC this year)
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> On 9 Jan 2019, at 8:41 pm, Neil Wallace <neil at norwood.vic.edu.au <mailto:neil at norwood.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
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> I started with VB last year after doing Java for the last study design - so for quite a while. 
>  
> Decided to stick with Forms pretty quickly and will do the same in future.
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> Cheers
> Neil
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> On 9 Jan 2019, at 8:11 pm, David B Thomas <david.b.thomas at rmit.edu.au <mailto:david.b.thomas at rmit.edu.au>> wrote:
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> Hi,
> Sorry if you have seen this message previously.
> May I ask, if you are using Visual Basic, are you teaching the development of apps as Windows forms Apps or WPF Apps?
> I would be interested to know because if a few people are sticking with Windows Forms then I could just concentrate on that technology rather than devote time to WPF.
> I understand that a lot of this is personal choice but I think I would like to just concentrate on Windows Forms if possible.
> Thanks,
> David.
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