Not sure what you’re implying here. Those technologies, especially WPF with XAML, allowed me to be insanely productive developing desktop apps back in the day.

Not sure what you’re implying here. Those technologies, especially WPF with XAML, allowed me to be insanely productive developing desktop apps back in the day. In a way XAML is the precursor to stuff like React native and the like. Granted, I feel like MS dropped the ball in failing to have an overarching vision of how their .NET technologies would work together and evolve for the future.