I know it's boring, but lately I always reach for WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) in C# when building a desktop app. I know people hate XAML but I suspect

I know it's boring, but lately I always reach for WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) in C# when building a desktop app. I know people hate XAML but I suspect they're trying to do way too much with it. Stick to basic controls, StackPanels and Grids for layout, have everything you possibly can bound to your ViewModels, lots of DataTemplates, and it's very nice. Edit: It doesn't really seem to be all that great at cross-platform though, at least not without your clients jumping through hoops. So maybe it fails on that criterion.