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

WPF stands for Windows Presentation Foundation. While WinForms technology depends on GDI/GDI+, WPF is built directly on top of DirectX. That means you can do much more than you can with WinForms, while getting still using the .NET Framework Class library. You can build rich user interfaces, 2D/3D games, presentations and much more. WPF is much like a Flash (swf) movie, without the element "Movie". WPF is based on .NET and can be used to build rich client side web enabled applications.