Timeline for Please explain the benefit(s) of using an XML-based syntax (e.g. XAML) instead of normal source code (e.g. WinForms)?
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| Mar 12, 2012 at 21:27 | comment | added | psr | @romkyns - I wasn't arguing for XAML, the question asked whether there were any benefits (my interpretation). As for why I think UI is different - probably UI layout is simpler to represent than arbitrary code so the XML is less atrocious than it would be for, say, XC#(the XML syntax for C# that we must pray never exists). In fact I'm rather dubious about real world benefits of XAML over either .NET code with reasonable API for meta coding or a custom language with published syntax. (Neither of which lets MS put an "XML-driven" sticker on the box.) | |
| Mar 12, 2012 at 21:03 | comment | added | Roman Starkov |
Why does this argument apply to XAML, but not to a programming language? "<While Condition="a == true"><Print>Hi!</Print></While>" anyone? That is obviously atrocious; why do you reckon UI representation is different?
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| Mar 12, 2012 at 20:30 | history | answered | psr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |