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What is WPF, and what happened to Windows Forms and Web Forms, and Win32 applications?

April 26, 2017applications forms happened web Win32 Windows WPF

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What is WPF, and what happened to Windows Forms and Web Forms, and Win32 applications?

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Microsoft believes that the user experience will drive the future of software development and design, and that Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is key to this direction. Because PowerBuilder runs on and supports the Microsoft platform, Sybase is dedicated to working closely with Microsoft to ensure we are delivering the most current technology that is aligned with their roadmap. Although Microsoft has indicated that they will continue to support Windows Forms, Web Forms, and Win32 well into the foreseeable future, they have announced that future product enhancements will be focused on WPF and other new technologies. Microsoft considers WinForm and WebForm to be mature technologies and future enhancements for application development will focus on WPF and Silverlight functionality. With PowerBuilder 12, developers can continue to build and deploy Win32, Windows Forms, and Web Forms applications. As noted above, PowerBuilder 12 ships with two IDEs, an updated version of the familiar