Databases for #windows Desktop Development: Welcome to the Jungle
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Microsoft forgot a detail — or is knowingly telling us something.PexelsI was a #microsoft enthusiast. And I’m a Windows desktop developer. You can judge, and stop reading here. Or you might be in the same boat and wondering why Microsoft decided to abandon the development for Windows.I’m about to ship a desktop app. I’ve been far from swdev for a few years but I’ve written code for the previous thirty years. A dozen years with .NET.So, for my new application, I decided on the excellent Windows Presentation Foundation. WinForms are gone, and UWP looks orphan and confined to Windows 10. I know people who buy Windows desktop apps (I’m one of them, of course). But I know nobody who buys them on Microsoft Store, or even checks that once in a while, and I fear that this is not going to get better (...)