What is WPF and how does it compare to WinForms?

Question

I\'ve been looking at WPF, but I\'ve never really worked in it (except for 15 minutes, which prompted this question). I looked at this post but its really about the \"Flash\" of

Answer 1

To answer your question, a WPF application is a Windows application. WPF is Microsoft's new framework (actually, it is a subsystem of the .NET framework 3.0) for writing rich Windows applications. It is meant as an eventual replacement for WinForms (although admittedly the adoption rate is much slower than MS hoped for).