### YamlMime:Landing

title: Desktop Guide for .NET, .NET Core, and .NET Framework
summary: "Welcome to the Desktop Guide. The Desktop Guide is a set of documentation for .NET-based Windows UI technologies including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms (WinForms). The Desktop Guide will cover both .NET 5 (and .NET Core 3.1) and later versions, along with .NET Framework."

metadata:
  title: Desktop Guide for WPF and Windows Forms on .NET
  description: Introduction to the Desktop Guide for WPF and Windows Forms for both .NET 5 and .NET Framework.
  ms.topic: landing-page
  ms.product: dotnet
  author: adegeo
  ms.author: adegeo 
  ms.date: 10/21/2020

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | sample | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:

- title: .NET 5 (and .NET Core 3.1)
  linkLists:
  - linkListType: overview
    links:
    - text: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
      url: net/wpf/index.yml?view=netdesktop-5.0&preserve-view=true
    - text: Windows Forms (WinForms)
      url: net/winforms/index.md?view=netdesktop-5.0&preserve-view=true

- title: .NET Framework
  linkLists:
  - linkListType: overview
    links:
    - text: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
      url: framework/wpf/index.md?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8&preserve-view=true
    - text: Windows Forms (WinForms)
      url: framework/winforms/index.yml?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8&preserve-view=true
  - linkListType: concept
    links:
    - text: Introduction to WPF
      url: framework/wpf/introduction-to-wpf.md?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8&preserve-view=true
    - text: Introduction to WinForms
      url: framework/winforms/windows-forms-overview.md?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8&preserve-view=true

- title: Other desktop technologies
  linkLists:
  - linkListType: overview
    links:
    - text: Universal Windows Apps
      url: /uwp
    - text: Xamarin Forms
      url: /xamarin/xamarin-forms/