Ruby on .NET and WPF revolution

I get a regular email from the people over on www.theserverside.net and the most recent one included some interesting stuff for web developers and those interested in developing clients using WPF.

First, people are porting Ruby onto the .NET Framework which could bring the no-fuss-easy-to-get-going style of Rails to web development on the Microsoft platform. I think this could be really big and beneficial to both MS and non-MS developers using RoR. I know an ex-Imagine Cup competitor who is hopefully going out to work for Microsoft in Redmond to work on future developer tools and he should be considering pushing this as a must have for hobbyist and new audiences!! :)

Ruby on Rails article on TSS

An secondly, there was some commentary on why Windows developers should ignore Windows Presentation Foundation. I agree with a lot of what the author has to say as I have yet to get my head down and start developing on the platform (and I guess I've never been a Windows client developer - *shock and awe*). That will change and I am putting this here as a placeholder which I want to revisit on how developers can stop ignoring this great technology and start creating really great user experiences. How am I going to do all that....first step is get my head around Charles Petzold's new book:

Applications = Code + Markup

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tags: ruby, web dev, wpf, charles petzold, theserverside