Is it possible to make desktop GUI application in .NET Core?

Question

I have been developing Windows Forms programs for few years. I am now looking into .NET Core (including ASP.NET Core MVC). I am searching for the new GUI desktop technology.

Answer 1

You could develop a web application with .NET Core and MVC and encapsulate it in a Windows universal JavaScript app: Progressive Web Apps on Windows

It is still a web application, but it's a very lightweight way to transform a web application into a desktop app without learning a new framework or/and redevelop the UI, and it works great.

The inconvenience is unlike Electron or ReactXP for example, the result is a universal Windows application and not a cross platform desktop application.