Hi there,

After one month of no posts, mainly because I was on a holiday and have become a dad for the second time, I thought it is time to write some posts again. In my vacation I've found a really cool article (actually it is a whitepaper) that is calles 'The New Iteration': How XAML transforms the collaboration between Designer and Developers in Windows Presentation Foundation.

It is an extremely important whitepaper for discisionmakers, it'll give you an overview of what XAML is, how the whole workflow process and roles work so designers and developers can work together and make up a far more efficient workflow.

This line I especially liked, cause I've seen it far to many times:

'There is no sitting over the shoulder of the developer explaining the vision and making sure she is re-creating it in the code.'

Oh yeah, also really inportant is the following:

'It is worth noting that, for both the designer and developer, there is an upfront cost of learning the tools and the platform. Without this investment, much of the efficiencies to be gained in the workflow will be lost.'

And yeah, I'll be writing a post about this real soon, in which I will share my vision of how to get up-to-date with the latest Microsoft tools and frameworks.

You can download the whitepaper in PDF format here: The New Iteration PDF version

Or watch the HTML version here: The New Iteration HTML version

Tim Sneath already posted about it here: The New Iteration: A Whitepaper on the XAML Revolution

Hope this is usefull!

gr,

Robbert