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by beavis2 2704 days ago
I've tried them all.

- I don't want to return to C++

- I dislike javascript for large projects because even the best tooling is lacking, and the exploding dependency count.

- I love C#, but WPF renders worse than Electron (and Windows only).

- WinForms - mothballed.

- VB6/Delphi are EOL.

- UWP - Very lacking, will probably be abandoned.

- Java - I have no experience.

It will be a case of Flutter sucking less than the current options. Dart is actually a nice language, especially considering the runtime size - there's no framework overhead/bloat.

I imagine it to be Electron, but with a decent set of widgets and without the overhead.

Edit - to answer the main question:

Personally, I wouldn't develop anything more than a throw-away or personal project right now, but it's worth keeping an eye on it.

It would be nice to have a cross-device framework.