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dayanruben
dayanruben

Reputation: 1061

Is it possible to work with something like WPF with C# in OS X?

Can you work with some C# framework like Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in OS X without installing a virtual machine with Windows? For example, using Wine can run .exe and also creates a virtual registry. I can create other partitions on my hard disk using BootCamp and install Windows. I can create a virtual Windows using Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, but it's not native working like another application in OS X running just one OS.

We can work in C# using MonoDevelop (now XamarinStudio) but can not work with WPF.

Then, you can install Microsoft Visual Studio on Mac and work with WPF and/or Silverlight?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 11464

Answers (3)

Claudiu Constantin
Claudiu Constantin

Reputation: 2228

You simply can't work with WPF outside the Windows platform. Before trying to work with WPF, I recommend this MSDN series of articles on what WPF means and other detailed specifications. Before working with something you must know what that thing is. Good luck!

Upvotes: 1

mircea
mircea

Reputation: 503

Silverlight applications run on MAC OS in Safari or Firefox browsers Silverlight plug-in for MAC OS. Mono also has a version of Silverlight named Moonlight for Linux plarforms. No WPF on MAC OS. There is no development environment on MAC OS for Silverlight to my knowledge, just Silverlight apps running in browser.

Upvotes: 1

ken2k
ken2k

Reputation: 49013

You can't work with WPF on Mac.

Mono currently doesn't support WPF because it's really hard to implement (WPF rendering is tied to the graphic card in some ways).

Maybe you want to try Moonlight (implementation of Silverlight for UNIX-based systems).

Upvotes: 8

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