Rob van der Meijden

Yesterday I followed some sessions about all new UI interfaces which can be created within the new Windows presentation foundation (WPF). During some demos and at the hands on labs sessions it seems that all new graphics had to be build with XAML by hand. Not by the use of a graphic interface, no just by writing the XAML by yourself. Well a little circle which makes nice 3d rotations can be done, but when you want a slicky interface it gets really complex … I don’t ant to do that … Rene and Erwyn did make fun out of me, because programming in XAML is the thing to do.

Today at the General session one new product was presented and demonstrated, namely Microsoft Expression with three editions Graphic, Interactive and Web designer. And you know what, while Rene and Erwyn are going to hack into XAML I will use Microsoft Expression to create the XAML files for me. There is only one problem; I am not graphical designer and I feel fine by that. The idea is that designers will create the user interface using Microsoft Expression, they can create their slicky, funcky, smoothy interfaces and expressions will create the XAML file for you. The designer passes the XAML file (actually they are in one solution) to the developer and voila; the developer only has to implement the things he is good as: CODE.

They showed this is a great demo (designer vs. developer) and is all looks very good.