Best way to make a Windows app?

Cromulent · 4 May 2018 at 20:34

I want to make a Windows desktop app, but I'm somewhat confused about the options.

I could do the following:

.NET Forms app
.NET WPF app
C++ Win32 app
Universal Windows Platform app
Java and JavaFX app
Python and GTK+ app

I'm leaning towards making a UWP app since then I can have a free version in the Windows store and then have in-app purchases, and Windows 10 will only get more popular as time goes on so getting on the bandwagon now seems like a reasonable idea.

Having said that though the Java and Python options work on multiple platforms. I'm not sure how important that is seeing as the app I want to develop is for a game which so far is only coming out for Windows.

I also feel like learning to make UWP apps will let me do more in the future if I come up with any new ideas.

Cromulent · 5 May 2018 at 13:48

jsmoke said:
What are your current programming skills?

Python, C, JavaScript and a bit of C++.

Cromulent · 7 May 2018 at 19:09

FredFlint said:
I find .Net Forms using c# to be the easiest to work with but Forms might not be the best for a game though. If you have used c++, c# should be no problem.

Oh, it isn't a game. Just a tool to manage data gathered from a game. It'll be like a pretty frontend to a database.

Cromulent · 16 May 2018 at 21:09

iKettles said:
https://electronjs.org/

Damn it. JavaScript is taking over the world although I guess if I did it in Typescript it wouldn't be too bad. I'll have to see if Jetbrains Webstorm supports electron.

Thanks for the link.