Is WPF development faster or slower than classic ASP.NET (web forms)

Question

Are you experienced with both ASP.NET and WPF coding? If so, I\'ll be grateful if you\'ll share your experience, please.

We are estimating a 100-screen WPF project. Our

Answer 1

From personal experience:

ASP.NET is easier to get into than WPF. ASP.NET quite similar to other web server side technologies. WPF breaks with and adds many features to classic desktop development, that takes time getting used to.

That said, actual development by experienced developers might be a lot faster in WPF. My personal stress factor is browser compatibility (getting it to render exactly the same way in multiple (versions of) browsers; it simply takes too much time.)

You are not going to get any numbers from me as it is much to hard to give them based on the input you have given.