>>>>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.

So if I want the Michael Beane Consulting to do some "windows" development work, you think they will tell me to go pound sand? :)