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move from windows forms to WPF ?

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I am an expirienced software eng. (C++ and C# , mainly algorithms)

Lately , I have started using Winform.

I know that WPF is more mature .
My questions are

1. Is it easier to implement the GUI in WPF ?
2. How long should it take to learn WPF
3. what are the main functionalities and features , that I can implement in WPF and not in winform , and via versa.
4. For Web application - what should I use ?
5. Is there a library of
6. If I want to present a Large DataGridView , with 500 cells , and then to move items between the cells (like in DAMKA, CHESS, .. ) - what is appropriate to implement it ?
May 3 '11 #1
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