WBA vs Java Applet

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WBA vs Java Applet

Hi All,

Are WBA's that run under IE's sandbox, or that run under partial trust, can be compared to Java applets's Do they behave same How about the performance for WBA Are they better than Java Applets



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WBA vs Java Applet

  • Peter Richard

    So, the bottom line is WBA is not a new technolgy, but a MS version of Java Applet. Just that they are developed for two different platforms. Am I correct in saying that

  • Mark Groves

    WBA is an offering that enables you to take advantage of the richness of WPF on the web (by providing seamless web deployment, browser hosting, and the security sandbox). A few key benefits to using WBAs:

    • Because a WBA is a WPF application, you get a uniform programming model between Windows apps and Web apps
    • You get all the rich UI, graphics, media, and document services that you get with an installed WPF application
    • WBAs have seamless integration with browser UI (e.g. IE7 back and forward buttons and browser history)
    • Unlike ActiveX, there is no goldbar or security prompt

    For more information about WBAs, Karen Corby's whitepaper has the details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/wpfandwbas.asp.



  • Pramod V

    Do WBAs run in all browsers and across all platforms like UNIX as long as .NET framework 3 runtime is present

  • Boywonder0337

    A Java applet can be page embedded like a Flash or Shockwave application , without to be inside a frame of the page . A WBA is really like a web page having only one applet...

     But Java applets were a disaster (with the "help" of Microsoft that makes its strategic option for ASP - a thin client ). We have only a few Java applets working now (comparing with the number of Flash movies).

    The future of WBA will be the same of Java applets  Who knows

    My strategy  and recomendation is the use of popup web applications (not page embedded) using the ClickOnce architecture. A WBA/WinFX application - fat client -can have many Mbs and is good for the user to know its size and to have the option   to download it or not. Like you can see at the many demos of our tutorials about WPF (basic and game creation) at:

    http://www.dmu.com

    Big and unknowed dowloads were one of the causes of the disaster of Java applets and Director/Shockwave -fat clients . It's true that now we have better and rapid comm lines...

  • lgrainger

    how can be demo it WBA tech im playing w/ some simple WPF apps i made, and id like to try them in a browser.

    thanks,
    matt

  • Raymundo Chapa G

    In my opinion, WBA and Java Applets are identical in concept - to offer rich clients and the easiness of web deployment.

    They mostly differ by their underlying technology (WBA is .NET and WinFX, Java Applet is ... Java).

    Regarding the performance, it's not easy to benchmark 2 technologies ... people tried to benchmark .NET against Java and that started the flame wars.


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