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- Versioning
ClickOnce makes it easy to deploy WinForms applications. But while it
has some versioning support, it has no built in way to deliver
different versions to different people. This makes partial rollouts to
a test audience difficult. David Cooksey shows how to fine grained
versioning to a ClickOnce deployment using an HttpHandler written with
ASP.NET.
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By David Cooksey
on May 06, 2008,
News about Rich Client / Desktop
- Java
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- Web 2.0,
- Rich Internet Apps,
- Rich Client / Desktop
In what is becoming an ever more popular move for those working on Java client technologies, Hans Muller, the now former CTO for Sun's Desktop division, made the move from Sun Microsystems to Adobe’s Flex team this week.
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By Jon Rose
on May 13, 2008,
- Java
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- Web 2.0,
- Rich Internet Apps,
- Rich Client / Desktop
So far, JavaOne has been heavy on JavaFX content. It is clear that a lot of work has been done since the initial announcement at last year’s conference. Although, the technologies do not appear to be ready for the typical developer.
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By Jon Rose
on May 07, 2008,
Articles about Rich Client / Desktop

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WPF Unleashed by Adam Nathan has been leading the Amazon charts in positive reviews, so we thought we would take it for a spin. Turns out, the book lives up to the hype. In addition, InfoQ was able to obtain the most important chapter of the book. Chapter 3 includes coverage of WPF's property and event system, a system that is unlike anything else on the Windows platform.
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By Jonathan Allen
on Sep 27, 2007,

- Java
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- Rich Client / Desktop
Desktop Java developers have long lacked resources on pushing the graphical appearance of their applications. The new book Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications attempts to fill this void. InfoQ is privileged to provide both a review and an excerpt of Chapter 14 detailing the Timing Framework library that makes Java animation easier.
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By Andy Roberts
on Sep 17, 2007,
Interviews about Rich Client / Desktop

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Chris Anderson one of the chief architects of Windows Presentation Foundation recently published "Essential Windows Presentation Foundation" and since this interview moved to the Connected Systems team at Microsoft. Chris provides insight as to why Microsoft created WPF, the development practices used by the development team and why he thinks WPF is a tipping point for Model Driven Development.
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By Chris Anderson
on Jul 23, 2007,

- Java
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- Rich Client / Desktop
Romain Guy presents his thoughts on the state of desktop Java. He shares his thoughts on Swing, competition with Flash and just what is a "filthy rich client" application.? He also talks about whether we really need a Java browser edition.
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By Romain Guy
on Feb 01, 2007,
Presentations about Rich Client / Desktop

- Java
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- Rich Client / Desktop
Scott Delap provides an overview of Swing and Eclipse RCP technologies in today's world of RIA applications, as well as advances in deployment techniques such as Java Web Start and Pack200 which assist in the centralized deployment of desktop apps. Scott also compares when to use Java vs. other technologies such as Ajax, Flex, and OpenLazslo.
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By Scott Delap
on Sep 20, 2007,

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- Rich Client / Desktop
Ken Getz demonstrates several different techniques you can use when building Windows applications, including: Creating owner-drawn controls, binding controls to just about anything, exposing protected information with inheritance, exposing new control behavior using inheritance, handling thread synchronization with Windows forms, and creating your own property grid. Samples in both C# and VB.NET.
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By Ken Getz, MCW Technologies
on May 30, 2007,