If you're willing to switch from c# to something else: python or Java, although for desktop apps it may not be as good (I used to work on PyQt apps and did not

If you're willing to switch from c# to something else: python or Java, although for desktop apps it may not be as good (I used to work on PyQt apps and did not found it lacking though.) As for the IDE Intellij IDEA rocks and has a community edition.