WPF, for which IDE?

Question

just wondering what IDE people use WPF for their applications?

Currently, VS2008 + VS2010 (RC) and MS Expression Blend 3 are installed on my system. I'm just wondering what works best for WPF applications?

Is it possible to create in Blend and then edit the source in VS or vice versa?

The ideas would be great, and information on how everyone else would do it would be great.

thanks

Answer 1

You may need both VS and Blend if you do most of the WPF development at the UX level, which means you create a basic control layout in Blend and then execute the code (or C # / VB.NET ViewModel) in VS. I usually keep VS on one monitor and mix with the second.

Now we pass to the version of the above IDE. Of course, the new version has great power. So Blend4.0 (currently in beta) has better TFS integration, so you can do a check-in / checkout from Blend itself, and you can also expand the C # editing area. And VS2010 is a really powerful IDE compared to VS2008, and you can do a lot of basic XAML editing in VS2010 yourself, for some WPF developers who do not do much of the VS2010 XAML design, they will be the only tool that will make it all necessary.

Answer 2

In our store we use VS2k8 and mix. we make the most of our design in the mix. and coding, as well as part of the design in vs2k8. One of the disadvantages of using the mixture is the lack of integration with VSS or TFS. We will use 2k10 when it will be RTW.