What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on?

The Desktop App Converter has some prerequisites -- Visual Studio '15' Preview 2, the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342, and the Desktop to UWP Packaging extension from the VS Gallery -- before ...

The free Express version of Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 tool suite will allow developers to build more than just Metro-Style, Win RT-based apps for Windows 8.

After hearing objections from developers, Microsoft will offer a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 package for desktop application development after all.

No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 You won't be able to use the free Visual Studio Express to develop desktop apps.

Visual Studio 2012: Free desktop development tool out today, first update outlined Visual Studio 2012 to receive quarterly updates courtesy of new agile approach.