>>>Hello:
>>>
>>>I recently developed my first MVC 4 app. I liked it and I liked the data validation aspect of it.
>>>
>>>This weekend I watched a PluralSight video on WPF. It seemed pretty cool, but the data validation via XAML seemed pretty painful.
>>>
>>>I've never developed anything in WinForms yet.
>>>
>>>I like using Entity Framework, which fits in quite well with MVC.
>>>
>>>So, my question is: What is best to use for presenting data to the user and letting the user change/add/etc.?
>>>What is the future for these technologies?
>>>
>>>Did I give up too early on WPF? Or should I stick with MVC? Or WinForms?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>Just another opinion from the bleachers --
>>
>>If you are using the MVC 4 beta you are definitely on the bleeding edge. A smart bet IMO.
>>
>>WPF -- forget it. Dying by the side of the road.
>>
>>WinForms -- see above and double it.
>
>No Winforms, no WPF - so what *should* a Windows shop use for rich-client desktop apps :-}
>

That's an open question ;-) IMO "Windows shop" is slowly becoming an oxymoron.