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Are you suggesting XAML/C# to WebAssembly/PWA to Desktop app? Why not just XAML/C#/Desktop App?

• ComputerGuru 7y ago
  Not suggesting using it myself, merely saying this is where Microsoft is going with it. They don’t have a cross-platform XAML render. They’re trying to abstract away the OS in .NET Core, and XAML no longer fits the bill.
  • pjmlp 7y ago
    Sure it does, Xamarin alongside React Native and PWAs are the official SDKs for Surface Duo. Also WinUI, is the only Windows UI toolkit that is actually being developed, instead of getting only bug fixes like the other ones.
    • ComputerGuru 7y ago
      Xamarin is mobile and macOS only.
      • pjmlp 7y ago
        Yeah, then what I have here on Windows 10 is a mirage. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/platform/windows/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/platf...
• tasogare 7y ago
  PWA are multiplatforms while C# still hasn't a first party multiplatform GUI toolkit. Which is shame, because the dev experience in XAML+C# is really good, and Silverlight out of Browser was exactly that.
  • pjmlp 7y ago
    Xamarin.
    • tasogare 7y ago
      No. Xamarin focuses on mobile apps, not desktop. Also, you have to chose between Forms which is ugly everywhere, and Native which require a non trivial understanding of each underlying platform.
      • pjmlp 7y ago
        WinUI and UWP seem like desktop to me, plus there are plenty of other ones, https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/wiki/Platform-Support https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/wiki/Platform-Suppo... Just like with Qt, Flutter, wxWidgets, Gtk+, Swing and JavaFX, Forms is only ugly when one cannot bother having designers on the team.
  • moonchild 7y ago
    Avalonia? (https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia)
    • tasogare 7y ago
      Avalonia is not first party (Microsoft). It’s also still in development and not production ready.