What desktop framework to use nowadays? WPF, Reactive UI, MAUI, WinForms..?
I'm a dotnet developer for almost 4 years now, but my focus was always on web dev, using razor pages or api. Now I'm planning to do a game in c#, it is an sports simulation game, just showing stats and scores, so the algorithms is more robust then what is gonna be show, therefore I don't see a need to use a game engine or something like this, this game could easily be an web game.
But I never done any desktop app, just web razor pages and js (vue and angular) , so I'm asking here an opinion of you guys what can be a good tool to learn and with a possibility to give me a future advantage in the market. Keep in mind that this is more of a hobby game, nothing that I see being a profitable thing.
One thing I don't like so much is drag and drop programs, I like to see the code haha
PS: if you ever played brasfoot or elifoot this is the type of game I am planning to do, like a more simple football manager
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I would say Avalonia would be a nice UI Framework since it gives u the option to build for windows, linux and mobile and probably a nice addition to a resume 😉
If all u want is windows then I would say WPF since it have a lot of documentation, guides, resources, styling libraries etc $wpfuilibs and yes WPF Is still very relevant if you're developing for windows only.
MahApps
https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro
ModernWPF
https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf
Adonis UI
https://github.com/benruehl/adonis-ui
Material Design
https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
Biaui
https://github.com/YoshihiroIto/Biaui
HandyControl
https://github.com/HandyOrg/HandyControl
WPFUI (Windows 11 inspired)
https://github.com/lepoco/wpfui
Waves (WPF/Avalonia/More)
https://github.com/waves-framework/waves.ui.wpf
+1 for Avalonia
Thanks @ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ @leowest gonna give Avalonia a try 🫶
https://halfblood.pro/the-story-about-net-cross-platform-ui-frameworks-dd4a9433d0ea
For a game, Unity/MonoGame might be a better option as there are tons of examples out there.