In my previous question we have gathered a list of useful WPF tools.
Today my question is what tool do you miss more?
Personally I miss a WPF designer for programmer.
I want to concentrate on writing code, so I need a good XAML editor with intellisense
support not a fancy forms editor.
Take a look at Paul Stovell’s article “Thought: Evolution of the WPF designer”
Another problem in my opinion is XML.
I don’t get any fun writing countless angle brackets.
I prefer to have python-like syntax for XAML.
So, what do think? Which tool can improve your productivity?
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Have you tried Microsoft Expression Blend?
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Overview.aspx?key=blend
It's got good XAML + drag & drop support for design. It integrates with Visual Studio and if you really need intellisense when editing XAML there is a plugin for it.
http://blogs.telerik.com/StefanDobrev/Posts/08-08-04/IntelliSense_for_Expression_Blend.aspx
From Mark Ingram -
@Mark Ingram you misunderstood my point. I don't need huge UI designer, what I'm looking for is a XAML editor (and Cider definitely is not a good tool). I don't want to switch between 2 huge apps (MSVS & Blend) to create form layout markup or setup data binding.
From aku
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