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WinForms is still the easiest way to write desktop software quickly and easily. If you don't need a fancy UI for customer facing work, its a great platform for

• Aleman360 11y ago
  ... for some definition of "easiest." Maybe I would agree if you don't need to support a custom look-and-feel (Win32-looking apps don't really fly anymore), responsive layout, high DPI, touch/pen input, system theme colors, accessibility, localization, and haven't learned XAML. WPF and UWP apps are both far easier.
  • jimmaswell 11y ago
    Win32 is the style that Windows apps are supposed to be and what people expect in a Windows app. What are you talking about? In what way does the win32 look "not fly"? I've tried to use WPF and it was just a major pain and felt like a mess. There is no impediment to "responsiveness". Where did you get the idea winforms apps don't follow the system colors?
    • Aleman360 11y ago
      > Win32 is the style that Windows apps are supposed to be and what people expect in a Windows app. Maybe in the Windows XP era. None of the built-in apps in Windows 10 look like Win32 apps, apart from legacy stuff that hasn't been ported yet and now looks sorely out of place. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn894631.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn894631.aspx?f=255... Much of the Windows shell isn't even written in Win32 anymore, it's all UWP (source: I work on the start menu).
• lbruder 11y ago
  Have a look at lazarus (http://www.lazarus-ide.org/ http://www.lazarus-ide.org/). It uses a different language (FreePascal instead of C#), but for me it's much more productive, and the programs written run without any framework and feel much snappier.