>>>>>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? :)

No, they probably wouldn't. I just wouldn't place any bets on it.

Windows is not going away any time soon. But I think WinForms has had its day.