Chris Anderson - Compares XAML to HTML and CSS

Posted By: The Channel 9 Team | Jun 18th, 2004 @ 1:00 PM | 23,281 Views | 6 Comments
Chris Anderson, architect on Avalon, shows us a little bit about how XAML will be different from using HTML and CSS to build applications.
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#Jun 19th, 2004 @ 5:03 PM
mr_nim
mr_nim

What is the unit of componentization in XAML?  Can vendors still create grids, rich-text editors, and such that can easily be "dropped in"?  ...or do you need to copy chunks of XAML code and backing code?

#Jun 20th, 2004 @ 4:17 AM
Mike Dimmick
Mike Dimmick
XAML isn't like HTML. It only describes the markup syntax - it does not describe the object model. Instead, you can supply whatever object model you like. The examples Chris gives are obviously from the Avalon object model.

So adding a third-party control is pretty simple - you add a reference to the DLL that control is supplied in, then bind to those objects in your XAML markup.
#Jun 20th, 2004 @ 4:26 PM
CRPietschmann
CRPietschmann
Chris Pietschmann

Where can I find a specifications document on XAML?

#Jun 21st, 2004 @ 2:09 AM
toontje
toontje
Is it correct that XAML will only be available for Window forms and not for Web forms?
#Jun 21st, 2004 @ 2:07 PM
AdamKinney
AdamKinney
Agent of Change
CRPietschmann:  Here is the link to the XAML overview found in the Longhorn SDK
http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/?//longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/core/overviews/about%20xaml.aspx

toontje: Chris actually blogged about XAML and the web found here http://www.simplegeek.com/PermaLink.aspx/0fe9b07e-f6ad-4eb6-af1f-ea85b3f0a72f .  I don't believe their position has changed much.
#Jun 22nd, 2004 @ 4:51 AM
toontje
toontje

hi AdamKinney,


thanks for the info

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