By Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths
First Edition
September 2005
Pages: 447
ISBN 10: 0-596-10113-9 |
ISBN 13: 9780596101138
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
Get up to speed on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). By page two, you'll have written your first WPF application, and by the end of Chapter 1, "Hello WPF," you'll have completed a rapid tour of the framework and its major elements, including the XAML markup language, the mapping of XAML to WinFX code; the WPF content model; layout; controls, styles, and templates; graphics, and more.
Full Description
Programming Windows Presentation Foundation, authored by Microsoft Software Legend Chris Sells and WPF guru Ian Griffiths, is the book you need to get up to speed on WPF. By page two, you'll have written your first WPF application, and by the end of Chapter 1, "Hello WPF," you'll have completed a rapid tour of the framework and its major elements. These include the XAML markup language and the mapping of XAML markup to WinFX code; the WPF content model; layout; controls, styles, and templates; graphics and animation; and, finally, deployment.
Programming Windows Presentation Foundation features:
- Scores of C# and XAML examples that show you what it takes to get a WPF application up and running, from a simple "Hello, Avalon" program to a tic-tac-toe game
- Insightful discussions of the powerful new programming styles that WPF brings to Windows development, especially its new model for controls
- A color insert to better illustrate WPF support for 3-D, color, and other graphics effects
- A tutorial on XAML, the new HTML-like markup language for declaring Windows UI
- An explanation and comparison of the features that support interoperability with Windows Forms and other Windows legacy applications
The next generation of Windows applications is going to blaze a trail into the unknown. WPF represents the best of the control-based Windows world and the content-based web world; it's an engine just itching to be taken for a spin. Inside, you'll find the keys to the ignition.
Updated samples and change notes for the move from the February CTP to Beta 2 are now available from the example site: http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/avbook/
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Featured customer reviews
This is what a WPFer needs, October 07 2005
It's more than two months now that I'm working with WPF and I did a lot with it. The book helps to get into programming WPF and moreover to understand mechanisms and programming model of WPF. The Chapter "Custom Controls" mentions many issues but a it is little bit too short. There could be some more practical examples (I know this is not the intension of that book and perhaps you can write a whole manuscript concerning Custom Controls). The book's structure
is concise which supports efficient work. This book is essential for both: WPF-Beginners in order to understand WPF and of course for more experienced WPF-Programmers in order to have an excellent reference compared to the WinFX Documentation.
Media reviews
"The good thing about this excellent book is that it will get you up to speed on [Windows Presentation Foundation]. Needless to say, WPF (as is discussed in this book) represents the best of the control-based Windows world and the content-based web world. "
-- John Vacca, Amazon.com
"Even though written for developers, and WPF is still a work-in-progress, the book should be of interest to those who have a professional-level interest in the development of Windows..."
-- Major Keary, PC Update
"The coverage is comprehensive and presented in considerable depth...Even though written for developers, and WPF is still a work-in-progress, the book should be of interest to those who have a professional-level interest in the development of Windows."
-- Major Keary, Book News
