Dec 20, 2022 · If you install the .net 7/8 sdk through the visual studio installer, you should be able to see that combo box populated with the corresponding options for a new WPF (.net core) project. There's also a different project type that is specific to netfx.

WPF will limp on for a long time yet, so it's an option. MAUI and Uno provide the highest platform cross-section, including first-class mobile support. MAUI is quite buggy though and still feels a bit half-baked to many, while Uno is like an evolution of WinUI 3 with real cross-platform support, but also has its limitations and isn't MS-backed.

But if cross-platform WPF is desirable, Avalonia XPF is a mostly drop-in compatible option for enabling WPF targeting Linux and Mac. The license price may be a bit steep, though. It is priced per app (not per dev or end user), with the first being 20kiloEuros and additional apps being 4500 Euros, with enterprise/custom agreements available.

Jul 31, 2022 · WPF sent them running every time. .NET dev since the very early days, WPF is dead and slowly rotting, winforms has more life than it, really. I was doing lovely MVVM patterns with winforms for ages before WPF, I love XAML, I do, but the system is broken and even the vendor has left it behind in legacy land.

Sep 20, 2014 · WPF will be dead as much as Winforms is dead today: not dead at all. WinRT isn't the future, as it requires a completely different .NET runtime (a smaller, limited one) which is actually a wrapper around the Windows RT runtime.

In order to declare a framework to be dead, there must be something talking its place. What is that something if you need to develop a Windows desktop app? The answer is that there isn't really a something. WinUI 3 is the planned successor but it is literally years away from even offering the same functionality as WPF.

Jan 27, 2021 · WPF is still very much active. Your question - Or some better platform exists for Windows desktop development? Outside of dot net family there are many frameworks / languages available for windows desktop eg Java.

Oct 3, 2023 · It’s been long dead. The tech has been abandoned by Microsoft for more than a decade. For some reason though they continue the XAML is cool propaganda with the MAUI attempt. If by any chance you’re forced to work with the legacy projects, just know you could make a Wpf project cross platform using Avalonia xpf with ease.

Aug 16, 2011 · WPF is dead WPF however has more ubiquity than Silverlight today, it’s got approx. 70%+ ubiquity in Windows based machines and furthermore it’s gotten deeper traction when it comes to Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s) so it presents quite a complex problem in around investment and it’s overall future.

Oct 28, 2024 · WPF provides a comprehensive set of application-development features that include Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), controls, data binding, layout, 2D and 3D graphics, animation, styles, templates, documents, media, text, and typography. WPF is part of .NET, so you can build applications that incorporate other elements of the .NET API.