The Scripps Research Institute’s Collaborative Molecular Environment

Guess my reply got deleted..the old C9 threaded reply delete bug..
[Charles says: Actually, I accidentally deleted it...Oops]

Anyways, this is very impressive.  My dad's a medicinal chemist and would find an app like this very useful.

This they really say it took 2 weeks to build that control and only 6-8 weeks to build the entire system?

Wow.

Poobah,

How exactly do you guy hear about these things taking place all over the world? Do the developers of these applications call up c9 and ask you to come out and interview them?

By the way, this interview is sweet. The second passion, next to programming, is cell biology...and this is absolutely awesome!

Jonathan

That's right 6-8 weeks of dev.  As far as the 3D piece, the developer had some 3D experience but no WPF experience.

So, the control is WPF. The rest is Winforms?

What is the reason for not making it 100% WPF?

Jonathan, I'm part of the platform evangelism team and we learn about these interesting uses of technology through a number of different channels, mingling with folks at our developer conferences, by working directly with partners and customers in our early adoption programs, through our developer evangelists that are working with the community in their regions, etc.

I loved the part where they kept thinking the video could be edited ... Little did they know about channel 9!

Cool stuff though.

Chadk, I need to contact them to confirm but I'm guessing that it had a lot to do with maturity of tools.  There are definitely advantages to using WPF for the form based portions of the UI (like easy adaptability to screen resolution and shape) but at the moment the Winforms development tools are more mature and better known.

Poobah wrote:

Chadk, I need to contact them to confirm but I'm guessing that it had a lot to do with maturity of tools.  There are definitely advantages to using WPF for the form based portions of the UI (like easy adaptability to screen resolution and shape) but at the moment the Winforms development tools are more mature and better known.

I think you are right. But i see no reason for not doing it in as much WPF as possible. If you need a control, fine. You can build it yourself. Or as you already know, you can use crossbow, and just use the normal Windows Forms control!

I am a developer on this project. The image above is incorrect. The app is in fact 100% WPF for the presentation layer.

I saw this at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. It's pretty much amazing.

Hi this is Jason Suess, I'm the interviewer for this video.  I'll be doing a series of videos like this one that will be organized into a Channel9 show called Windows Vista Show-and-Tell.  Along with these videos I'm hoping to provide as much information as possible about the technologies that were used to build the apps and how those technologies were stitched together, thus the information below.  Feel free to give me some comments on how this information is presented and if there is other information about the apps that you would like to see.

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Services 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds upon the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) infrastructure to provide a true enterprise portal platform.  MOSS 2007 features enhancements and new functionality in six major areas: Individual Impact, Enterprise Content Lifecycle, Collaboration, Knowledge Discovery and Insight, Information Worker Solutions, and Fundamentals.  New technologies to support these areas include the Business Data Catalog, Document Management functionality, Web Content Management functionality, Excel Services, Infopath Forms Services, and enhancements to Search, User Profiles, Audience Targeting, and Single Sign-on.  For more information see these resources:

MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/server/moss/

SDK
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms550992.aspx

Team blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/

Community
http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/community.mspx

Visual Studio Tools for Office "Cyprus"

The next version of Visual Studio Tools for Office is designed to help developers take better advantage of those new capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office release, as well as to provide additional infrastructure to ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework-based solutions in Office run more reliably, efficiently and securely.  Highlights of the June CTP include support for the new Office Open XML file formats, support for the new UI ( “ribbon”) extensibility model, support for the new application-level customizable task pane, and add-in projects for the 2007 Microsoft Office System clients: Access, Excel, SharePoint Designer, InfoPath, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio, and Word.  For more information, see these resources:

MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

June CTP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=68978824-ca55-4208-a55e-5c4858183b31&displaylang=en

Team blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/">http://blogs.msdn.com/andreww">http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/
http://blogs.msdn.com/andreww
http://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant

Community
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/community/

2007 Microsoft Office System

The Microsoft Office system has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the Microsoft Office system includes programs, servers, services, and solutions designed to work together to help address a broad array of business problems.  Developers can now more easily build robust business solutions to streamline processes and connect people to information and to one another.

MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/

Beta 2
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/getthebeta.mspx

Blogs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/community/blog/

Community
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/community/default.aspx

Windows Workflow Foundation

Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 (formerly WinFX) namespace, an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Visual Studio 2005. Windows Workflow Foundation is available (currently in beta) for both client and server versions of Windows. Windows Workflow Foundation includes support for both system workflow and human workflow across a wide range of scenarios including: workflow within line of business applications, user interface page-flow, document-centric workflow, human workflow, composite workflow for service oriented applications, business rule driven workflow and workflow for systems management.

MSDN 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/workflow/default.aspx

Components for Developing .NET Framework 3.0 Applications http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/#developWinFXApps

Go-Live License for .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components V3.0 Beta 2  http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/downloads/products/golive/

Blogs 
http://wf.netfx3.com/roller/default.aspx

Communities 
http://wf.netfx3.com/

Windows Presentation Foundation

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer. The functionality extends to the support for Tablet and other forms of input, a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data driven UI and visualization, as well as the integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell.

MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/presentation/default.aspx

Components for Developing .NET Framework 3.0 Applications http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/#developWinFXApps

Blogs
http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/articles/475132.aspx

Community Sites
http://www.xamlshare.com/
http://www.longhornblogs.com/

Channel 9 Videos
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showforum.aspx?forumid=14&tagid=2

Screencasts
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=38&TagID=2

Top 10 UI Advances in WPF
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/WindowsPresentationFoundation/default.aspx

Windows Forms

Windows Forms is a framework for building Windows client applications that utilize the common language runtime. Windows Forms applications can be written in any language that the common language runtime supports.

MSDN 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/windowsforms/

Blogs
http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=60

Communities
http://www.windowsforms.net/

 

why can't i download the video? pls setup the file properly..
or anybody have the link to the file ... ?[C]