Akavache

re: MvvmCross && ReactiveUI MvvmCross = imperative programming, mutable state in your UI & pub/sub messaging based API design. ReactiveUI = declarative/functional reactive programming, reactive extensions & subscription/observable based API design. Considering he is a intern/newbie, just getting started and has a deadline of a month I wouldn't suggest these two at all. Both projects have a vibrant community but have not crossed the chasm, samples and documentation needed to onboard absolute newbies is far and few between. If you are targeting only WPF then check out https://github.com/Caliburn-Micro/Caliburn.Micro instead. re: MahApps.Metro Highly recommended, amazing library. re: Networking Stack Use: - https://github.com/paulcbetts/refit - https://github.com/akavache/Akavache - https://github.com/paulcbetts/Fusillade - https://github.c

For your networking stack use the following: - https://github.com/paulcbetts/refit - https://github.com/akavache/Akavache - https://github.com/paulcbetts/Fusillade - https://github.com/michael-wolfenden/Polly Glue to them together as such http://arteksoftware.com/resilient-network-services-with-xam...

As /u/DanielStraight said, it all depends on the requirements for your project. In the meantime though, I would recommend working out some prototypes, both to brush up your skills and also to get some ideas on the architecture/design. Since you mentioned that this is a desktop app, maybe try out some tools/frameworks that you might end up using in the final project. Here are a few recommendations: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows https://github.com/akavache/Akavache http://reactiveui.net/ http://mahapps.com/ https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross

Check out https://github.com/paulcbetts/refit && https://github.com/akavache/Akavache && https://github.com/michael-wolfenden/Polly Then check out http://arteksoftware.com/resilient-network-services-with-xam... for the pattern/inspiration how to glue them together to obtain a x-platform resilient, performant and data caching network stack. Write once, enjoy on every platform.

Link form: https://github.com/reactiveui/reactiveui/releases https://github.com/github/akavache/releases https://github.com/xpaulbettsx/splat/releases

Here's a few examples of Releases: https://github.com/reactiveui/reactiveui/releases https://github.com/github/akavache/releases https://github.com/xpaulbettsx/splat/releases