The last desktop app I wrote was in Delphi 5, so I guess it was around 20 years ago. Back then my impression was that it's already a done deal, desktop is no mo

The last desktop app I wrote was in Delphi 5, so I guess it was around 20 years ago. Back then my impression was that it's already a done deal, desktop is no more - so I'm a bit surprised that someone waited until 2017 to write this text? Actually last few years I think desktop is having a bit of a come back with a plethora of cross-platform tools like electron becoming more usable and popular...