Richard Mitchell : January 2012

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January 2012 - Posts

5 reasons why I almost loved WPF

Posted Friday, January 13, 2012 1:14 AM | 0 Comments

Before you read this you should probably read my original post 5 Reasons why I hate WPF. Also "Qwertie" wrote a nice article detail about his overview of why WPF sucks. 1 - Binding There is something so nice about setting a button to be enabled or not Read More

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