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by gmueckl 2105 days ago
I think you forgot ASP.net, Blazor, Xamarin.Forms and MAUI. UI development with .NET is just incredibly fragmented.

If Qt had a good bridge to C#, they could probably get a lot of marketshare on .NET while this confusion lasts.
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pjmlp 2104 days ago
Add C++/WinRT to the mix, which dropped the productivity features of C++/CX, with the team that managed to kill it telling us to just wait for ISO C++ to catch up, while dealing with IDL files pre-.NET style.

Naturally the reception has been less than stellar and they are finally acknowledging that waiting isn't not an option and something is being discussed, however don't expect any improvements in 2020.

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donor20 2105 days ago
Haha! So true!

My thoughts exactly on QT! A good bridge to C# and a good "get a button on a page that triggers "onClick" quickstart workflow" and they'd be in a great position.

There is a lot of confusion on their site between QT creator, Design Studio, bindings, etc etc - so simplifying all that would be great.

They could target C# and (maybe) python (since it already is developed) for the windows story.

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