Introduction To XAML

prostoalex writes "It was recently reported that Microsoft will integrate its own XML-based language for application programming into the next edition of Windows (codename Longhorn). This Introduction to XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) provides an insight into how it's possible to build a Windows application with Microsoft's brand-new XAML language."

Comments

Isn't this like XUL?

[Josh Booth]

Wasn't XUL designed to be the exact same thing? Or is it more like SVG? Either way, I think we've already cracked this nut before. It looks nothing like a programming language, as the article implies, but a way to create Mickey-Mouse-Mode GUIs, for which Visual Studio will have a Wizard for anyway.

and?

[godglike]

With Longhorn having been dubbed Longhaul by the Register for stretching even Microsoft's flexible definition of a deadline, how is this important?

Probably a very nice idea, badly implemented like VB, and will be overtaken like .net before they can get anything useful out of it.

My impression is that MS will be dead (like IBM is dead) by the time Longhaul ships. If it ships.

Re:This is a mess, not for serious coders

[Viol8]

"And separating logic from layout is A Good Thing"

Yes thats sounds wonderful unless you require graphics that change during runtime.