Prese

1. Platform Guidance
for
Microsoft .Net
What to pick, When to pick

2. People Behind Guidance
Leaders & Influencers behind guidance

3. Minds…

4. .NET History
The Journey…

5. CLR History

6. .NET Stack

7. Application Types
Types of apps to build…

8. Application Types
Line Of Business Apps Dashboard/Reporting
Custom Windows Apps Data Driven Website
Interactive Web Application (Forms Over Data)
Mobile Website

9. Line Of Business Apps
LOB…

10. Line Of Business Apps
• Standard information
worker apps
• Heavy data input
• Rich interactive
interface
• For internal users
• Support critical
business processes
• Updated based
on needs

11. Ideal Platform
• Mature, Rich Tooling - VS, Blend
Support
• Readily Available Components
• Browser-Based Deployment
• Supports both In- And Out-Of-
Browser
• MS Support till 2021
• For 5-10 year lifecycle projects

12. Key Advantages
• Mature Platform
• 1 class support for rich media & data visualization
• Excellent tooling support
• Active developer community
• Rich Desktop-like Windows software
• Simple Web-like deployment
• Availability of 3rd-party toolsets

13. Dashboard/Reporting

14. Dashboard/Reporting
• Present existing data
to users
• Not data input heavy
• Visualize & analyze
data
• Include charts,
gauges, graphs
• Interactive data grids

15. Ideal Platform
• Silverlight
o rich data visualizations,
o browser based deployment
o Third Party toolkit e.g. Charting Kit by
Telerik
o Ideal for Windows Users audience
• ASP.NET MVC + HTML5
o Maximize Reach
o Work across browsers + mobile
platforms
o Power to build apps for PC or Mobile
device
o Ideal for audience with iPads,
iPhones or Other devices

16. Key Advantages
• Silverlight
o Mature Tooling
o Data Visualization Libraries
o Fewer concern w.r.t browser versions, multiple browser
o .NET on Client
• ASP.NET MVC + HTML5
o Broad Reach
o Can run on mobile devices + desktops
o Data visualization without any plugin
o Developer comfortness – HTML + JS

17. Custom Windows Apps

18. Custom Windows Apps
• Unique or extreme
requirements App
• Require customized
interfaces
o Medical Imaging
• May require full
power of PC
o Scientific S/W

19. Ideal Platform
• Unlocks full power of
Windows PC
• Ideal for rich desktop
software
• Major apps built with WPF
o Visual Studio
• Narrowest reach
o Windows XP & Greater only

20. Key Advantages
• Maximum Power & control
• Skillset shareable/transferable with
Silverlight (XAML)
• Mature Tooling
• 3rd party tool support
o E.g. Telerik RadControls for WPF

21. Data Driven Website

22. Data Driven Website
• Primarily focused on
displaying data &
communicating
information
• Typically present data
• Simple HTML rendering
• Data input relatively
simple
• Composed of many
diff pages

23. Ideal Platform
• Maximum control over
website rendering
• Simpler page lifecycle
• Helps maximize
performance
• Helps to build websites
quickly, easy to test

24. Key Advantages
• Simplified Page Cycle
• No ViewState
• Helps produce faster performance
• Complete control over HTML
• Improves testability

25. Interactive Web Application
(Forms Over Data)

26. Interactive Web Apps
• Differ from normal
websites
• Aim to deliver desktop
like richness
• Address same problems
as LOB apps – not
intended to install
• Highly interactive, rich
view in a page
• Deal with data input &
manipulation

27. Ideal Platform
• Abstract underlying core
technologies
• Preserve state of UI
controls across user
actions
• Use event-driven
programming model
• Original, most mature
• Extensive 3rd party support

28. Key Advantages
• Mature platform, superior community, 3rd
party support & tooling
• Rich Visual tooling
• Supports drag & drop development
• Fastest way to build desktop like rich apps
• Abstracts need to master Javascript, HTML
(compared to MVC)

29. Mobile Website

30. Mobile Websites
• Unique experience
• Built for smartphones
• Delivered through browser
• Rely on persistent internet
connection
• Streamlined, simple versions
of full app – desktop or web

31. Ideal Platform
• Create experience
optimized for mobile
• More functionality in single
view
• Highly configurable views
• Simplest path to deliver
HTML5 to devices
• Powerful platform to build
& deliver JSON web
services

32. Key Advantages
• Custom, Lightweight views – easy to
deliver mobile friendly HTML5
• MVC pattern – efficient base for creating
JSON web services
• View logic moves to device with JS

33. Q&A
Questions/Doubts/Clarifications

34. Thank You !
Code with Passion, Decode with Patience