XAML and WPF
Some guys came to present the coming design suite: Microsoft Expression. The demos are really cool! From the technical point of view, the WPF is the base of that, and XAML is used as the standard file format. The suite seems a powerful tool to develop flash-like web pages and applications. It support 3D modeling, vector graphics. The well interaction with Visual Studio makes it good tool to connect designer and developer. So far, the WPF/E objects need a plugin installed on the browser. The installation will start automatically on the browser at the first time browsing a page containing WPF/E object. Furthermore, a bigger patch is needed for a WPF application. Whatever, it has been included in the .NET 3.0 framework.
To produce very cool UI effects is the main target of WPF. Some good demos and applications can be found here: the Yahoo Messenger for Vista, the New York Times Reader.
Related links: XAML.net, MyXaml
今天有一个关于新产品的演示，是即将上市的设计套件：Microsoft Expression。非常酷！它基于WPF技术，采用了XAML格式。利用这套工具可以开发出和flash类似的网页应用和普通应用程序。它支持三维建模，矢量图。它可以和Visual Studio进行交互，这样就可以很好地将设计人员与开发人员联系在一起。现在，浏览带WPF/E的对象需要浏览器下载一个插件，这个可以自动进行。而如果要运行WPF的应用程序的话，则需要.NET 3.0框架的支持。
WPF的主要目标是提供很酷的界面效果。网上有一些很好的演示，也有成型的产品：Yahoo Messenger for Vista（Yahoo为Vista开发的新版Messenger），New York Times Reader（纽约时报的电子阅读器）。
Labels: design, development, microsoft, tech, tool, WPF, XAML
