tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post8580969160759507799..comments2024-03-25T02:41:27.603-07:00Comments on The Software Simpleton: Reasons to hate Silverlight Part IPaul Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492473992478172640noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-87999107771706127242011-04-13T13:38:36.953-07:002011-04-13T13:38:36.953-07:00Oh hai thar.
This is me, kitzypop, asking you wou...Oh hai thar.<br /><br />This is me, kitzypop, asking you would you pleez use spellchecker.<br /><br />kthxbye.kitzypophttp://www.fark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-86926717549820703522010-09-10T00:06:24.757-07:002010-09-10T00:06:24.757-07:00what a stupid rant!what a stupid rant!Bill Gateshttp://nothing.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-70273228938396534772010-08-30T10:22:27.370-07:002010-08-30T10:22:27.370-07:00With that attitude, you might as well use sharepoi...With that attitude, you might as well use sharepoint.Paul Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492473992478172640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-43752988270146178402010-08-28T21:29:50.153-07:002010-08-28T21:29:50.153-07:00I really hope the web will one day be "pure&q...I really hope the web will one day be "pure" enough for you and you can code in the ultimate most open source non MS purest of the pure code all written in notepad and compiled only using dozens of terse commands...in the meantime I'll be making money and using whatever tool makes me the most in the least amount of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-76685583486019481012010-07-24T10:19:29.188-07:002010-07-24T10:19:29.188-07:00"I want to paint a warning to anybody activel..."I want to paint a warning to anybody actively indulging in silverlight development that you could be making a serious career wrong turn"<br /><br />This is exactly what i felt, the first day i had to work on a C#/Silverlight/Outlook project 2 years ago. That day i quit and picked up RoR, recently Scala/Lift and i must say, my love for coding has only increased since then. There is so much new to do , read, understand outside the microsoft world(i am happy i dont have to use their drag/drop, right click, doubleclick frameworks)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-20666375392250870522010-07-24T01:01:40.407-07:002010-07-24T01:01:40.407-07:00Superb blog and i really like it. Thanks for shari...Superb blog and i really like it. Thanks for sharing useful information.<br /><a href="http://www.itsolusenz.com" rel="nofollow"> web application development india </a>daveskarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343939346824342772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-52177758824849260552010-07-01T02:02:45.132-07:002010-07-01T02:02:45.132-07:00Can't wait for XAML rant...Can't wait for XAML rant...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931862229099817099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-43727066207314704192010-06-30T09:44:01.268-07:002010-06-30T09:44:01.268-07:00I don't think the author has ever done hardcor...I don't think the author has ever done hardcore Silverlight or Flash development. By hardocre I mean working on a project like photoshop.com.<br />Flash programming is not a skill. Silverlight programming is not a skill. Interactive development is a skill. And great interactive developers will find their way to use HTML 5 or Silverlight, or Flash. You can learn the syntax and basics of any of these languages in a couple weeks, maximum months. (Btw Flash can be used on all platforms, except iPhone... It can also be used on the Desktop with Air.So I don't see in terms of the author's knowledge why this would be less transferable knowledge...)<br /><br />HTML 5 is not yet widely used because the penetration of the appropriate browsers is too low. The standards are quite chaotic right now. Nor we, or the big companies are going to write the future. We can not say what is the future or what is not. It's just a wrong debate.<br /><br />And my question is, why is the author "hating" flash or silverlight apps? Or is he meaning the crazy full-flash sites, and banners? Does he thinks if there will be tools for HTML5 designers won't do this madness?<br /><br />I'm excited about all of these technologies. They are tools for us, developers, to create rich experiences. But as long as HTML5 is a "myth" (E.g. apple's HTML5 demos that run only under Safari) I'd like to take my time and wait until being so harsh.<br /><br />Because maybe in the next years we will not need different plugins to browse the web, but many different browsers..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081153349951915099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-61525396230890302892010-06-28T10:57:41.278-07:002010-06-28T10:57:41.278-07:00@Michael
When I said transferable, I actually mea...@Michael<br /><br />When I said transferable, I actually meant away from .NET.<br /><br />As I said in the post, it is useful to see the world outside of Visual Studio.Paul Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492473992478172640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-8236437526807550722010-06-28T10:35:36.211-07:002010-06-28T10:35:36.211-07:00Well, I was able to "transfer" from a de...Well, I was able to "transfer" from a desktop .NET development job *to* a Silverlight development job - so "non-transferable" skills is incorrect. A big factor was the architectural and general development skills I learned which are "non-proprietary".<br /><br />If you only learn "proprietary" skills when using any set of APIs then it doesn't matter which tools you happen to be using 'coz you aren't learning much anyway.Michael Foordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229713779852499022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-61045958927579428312010-06-28T06:19:29.034-07:002010-06-28T06:19:29.034-07:00@Michael,
All the latest JavaScript frameworks ma...@Michael,<br /><br />All the latest JavaScript frameworks mask browser deficiencies to a pretty high degree. Apple and google are banking their future on HTML 5 and MS are now following suit. I think we can say that this is for once not all hype. I agree it is a long way off being ratified. Silverlight and flash give you proprietary, non-transferable skills. I think they represent a wrong turn in browser based development.Paul Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492473992478172640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221465892382713395.post-68117877426896650362010-06-28T06:12:31.004-07:002010-06-28T06:12:31.004-07:00Hmmm... Hmm... quite a self important most-other-d...Hmmm... Hmm... quite a self important most-other-developers-are-idiots style flame-bait post. Adulation over the not-complete-or-even-really-available html5 is somewhat premature and just as hype ridden as you deride silverlight for.<br /><br />All that aside the development experience for Silverlight (not restricted to Javascript, browser differences almost entirely abstracted away, large set of APIs available *now* in all supported browsers) are the raison d'etre of Silverlight and not in the slightest diminished by any points you make.<br /><br />Market penetration for Silverlight is around 50%, so I'm still not sure I'd use it for a public web app - but it is great for business apps.Michael Foordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229713779852499022noreply@blogger.com