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MarcusCole092076 wrote: Who still predominantly codes for the desktop for a living?
His voice echoed in the empty cave...
Unfortunately, many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.
I do still work on some desktop apps but more and more they are a pain to deploy and they should really just be implemented as web apps or at least WPF / UWP or something.
modified 2-May-17 15:20pm.
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raddevus wrote: they should really just be implemented as web apps or at least WPF / UWP or something.
... Which everyone will prefer to run on a desktop.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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raddevus wrote: many of us have found that we cannot predominantly do desktop dev.
Ridiculous. I've been doing desktop dev for 30+ years and will continue to so. There is no shortage of work out there.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Oh yeah?
And what, pray tell, do you think the word many means?
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I'm predominately desktop myself (and very much hope to be until I retire) but there's clearly less desktop work around than there used to be and I don't see anything remotely ridiculous about raddevus' comment.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Good question... of they code I've written in the past 10 years, most of it has been back-end processing (Windows services) or console applications that can be scheduled and executed.
When I have to write 'interactive' code, it is usually <cough> <cough> VBA Macros in Excel <cough> <cough> that existed before I arrived.. we just maintain the beast.
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The stuff I do is predominately automation systems and supporting apps so, while they can run on my desktop and laptop boxes, that is not where they are deployed. They end up in one factory or another in one country or another.
FWIW, at my previous employer most of our customers were suppliers to Apple, Samsung, and their competitors so things we made can be found in the vast majority of the world's mobile devices. My current employer is in a completely different line of business. I have finally escaped from the semiconductor industry and I am very glad for that.
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Yup, that would be me. 
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/ravi
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Not for a paid living, but I actively support this[^] desktop app that's used by 10K+ users on a daily basis.
/ravi
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Me, using c++ and MFC.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Dear god 
i cri evry tiem
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Wow. MFC. I really liked that framework. Amazing that it still going somewhere.
DocView architecture FTW!!!
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Moi.
Speed of sound - 1100 ft/sec
Speed of light - 186,000 mi/sec
Speed of stupid - instantaneous.
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up until a year ago: me
now, it's all REST
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Is that a well deserved rest or is that still to come?
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I have been for the past year. Before that, I wrote software for the Microsoft Hololens and back-end services for the military.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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This questions comes up all the time.
Right now I'm working on a WPF app for a medical device. Before that I did a WPF app for automotive diagnostics. Before that a WPF app for the chiropractic industry. Before that a WPF for the construction industry, before that....
... and on and on and on...
For 30+ years I've been doing desktop apps. There still are and always will be desktop apps. Some apps have no reason to be and never will be web apps.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Our legacy systems more than a couple years old are predominantly desktop, and they still need maintaining.
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Seems like you meant to post this in the Lounge, not Insider News. Been there, done that.
As to your question, I am currently coding projects in/with/for/on:
ASP.NET/Razor
Misc web applications (my own back-end server and a few 3rd party Javascript client frameworks)
Desktop utilities in C#
Server-side DLL plugins / WCF
WPF desktop app
WinForm (using DevExpress) desktop apps
Beaglebone Single Board Computer in Python
It's interesting when I list that, as I often enough touch every one of those projects in a single day. So, "predominantly" doesn't really exist for me, it's pretty much all over the map.
Marc
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Yeah but there probably aren't many who over achieve like you do.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If by desktop you include 'a Windows based interface in a Type 35 frigate' then yes, thats where my drivers are going.
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indeed I do, you Able Seaman!
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Aye aye!
(They are also going into financial houses in the UK and US. )
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