Dec 15

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12/15/2009 9:45 PM 

Here's an interesting video that gives you an idea of what working with data on the web can be like using Silverlight.

The thing that is interesting is that there are no "pages" to the application. Things just "pop out" and the objects on the screen simply adjust to allow you to quickly achieve a desired task.

The "relational data domain" is carried over from the current web application design, but the UI is totally changed. We now have to think "What if I were designing the next version of Microsoft Excel, how would the UI look?".

XAML based UI's now use MVVM architecture that requires you to throw away the traditional marshalling of data to the UI in favor of a two way event driven model that uses binding that reduces code in some cases by 80%.

The productivity of this new design is phenomenal, and over the next two years we will experience a revolution as big as the one we witnessed with the web browser.

The Next Version of ADefHelpDesk

We are in the process of creating a stand alone version of http://ADefHelpDesk.com. Next, we will create a Silverlight client for ADefHelpDesk.

Currently ADefHelpDesk is composed of; creating a ticket, searching for a ticket, editing a ticket. When we create the Silverlight application we will not feel bound by the current page segmentation. We will create the most productive intuitive interface possible.

These are exciting times.