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WPF will still be Windows exclusive, though. Like many other things. What they really mean is BCL+Runtime+Compiler, and not .NET (read as: the whole ecosystem).

ZanyProgrammer 7y ago
Which is too bad, because there’s still no easy, drag and drop way to create desktop apps on other platforms that just work.
- numlock86 7y ago
  The drag and drop designer part of VS is not even what I think is cool about WPF. To me it's the architecture and the whole API. It's easy to make clean enterprise size applications with good separation of concerns (I've been a developer in the C#/WPF field for around 5 years). For other platforms - and Windows as well - the closest I know is Qt, including the drag and drop part btw. ;)
  - pknopf 7y ago
    > the closest I know is Qt Which you can use .NET Core with! https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet
  - babypuncher 7y ago
    This always surprises me whenever I look into cross-platform GUI toolkits. The closest is Qt as you mentioned. What really gets me is GTK's continued popularity on Linux when Qt is so much easier to develop with.
    - numlock86 7y ago
      Probably a side effect from the popularity of Ubuntu which - since they dropped Unity - go still strong with GTK as they use Gnome now out of the box. And Ubuntu is like the de facto standard desktop distribution.
    - tracker1 7y ago
      Probably a hold over from Trolltech's original license for Qt. Also, GPL is a non-starter for a LOT of companies.
- miguelrochefort 7y ago
  You can run UWP apps on all platforms using the Uno Platform. https://platform.uno https://platform.uno
- earenndil 7y ago
  What about java?
  - numlock86 7y ago
    Jokes aside, license issues are the first that come to mind.
    - apta 7y ago
      What license issues? OpenJDK is 100% free and open, and there are several OpenJDK providers that you can download it from.
- edwinyzh 7y ago
  How about Lazarus (https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ https://www.lazarus-ide.org/)? Drag and drop to build the GUI, compile natively to Windows, Linux and MacOS.

ZanyProgrammer 7y ago

Which is too bad, because there’s still no easy, drag and drop way to create desktop apps on other platforms that just work.

numlock86 7y ago
The drag and drop designer part of VS is not even what I think is cool about WPF. To me it's the architecture and the whole API. It's easy to make clean enterprise size applications with good separation of concerns (I've been a developer in the C#/WPF field for around 5 years). For other platforms - and Windows as well - the closest I know is Qt, including the drag and drop part btw. ;)
- pknopf 7y ago
  > the closest I know is Qt Which you can use .NET Core with! https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet
- babypuncher 7y ago
  This always surprises me whenever I look into cross-platform GUI toolkits. The closest is Qt as you mentioned. What really gets me is GTK's continued popularity on Linux when Qt is so much easier to develop with.
  - numlock86 7y ago
    Probably a side effect from the popularity of Ubuntu which - since they dropped Unity - go still strong with GTK as they use Gnome now out of the box. And Ubuntu is like the de facto standard desktop distribution.
  - tracker1 7y ago
    Probably a hold over from Trolltech's original license for Qt. Also, GPL is a non-starter for a LOT of companies.
miguelrochefort 7y ago
You can run UWP apps on all platforms using the Uno Platform. https://platform.uno https://platform.uno
earenndil 7y ago
What about java?
- numlock86 7y ago
  Jokes aside, license issues are the first that come to mind.
  - apta 7y ago
    What license issues? OpenJDK is 100% free and open, and there are several OpenJDK providers that you can download it from.
edwinyzh 7y ago
How about Lazarus (https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ https://www.lazarus-ide.org/)? Drag and drop to build the GUI, compile natively to Windows, Linux and MacOS.