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

There are too many variables. The number 1 reason to pick a tool is because of user familiarity. If your team already knows and is comfortable with ASP.NET it will be several magnitudes better and faster using that. If your team does not know WPF, then there will be a ramp up period, and once they are fully ramped up, they will probably be just as fast as they were with ASP.NET.

However, if the requirement is that the app can be installed, or is needed offline, or has some other benefit that only comes with WPF, then you probably need to take the hit. If not, you'll have a more quality product if you let the team use the tools they are comfortable with.

If you are trying to keep your concerns separated and doing a Model View Presenter style approach with asp.net, I think that takes longer and is more work than MVVM in WPF, because there is great support for binding. But still, there is a learning curve.

There is nothing implicit to asp.net or WPF that makes one more rapid than the other. What determines the speed of development is the talent of the team and what they are comfortable with.