[djinn_and_tonic]

I think it really depends on your skillset. If you're a node/JS person, you can easily make a desktop app with electron.

If you're purely targeting windows, and want this to be a 'traditional' desktop, then go with WPF. If you want this to be a 'store' app, you can use WPF or Javascript.

You can do all of this w/ VS Community edition, or if you're going the JS route, try VS Code!

[UK-AL]

You don't build store apps with wpf.

You use uwp, which is quite different apart from xaml.