Hidden WPF: Secrets for Creating Great Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation

Introduction

Windows Presentation Foundation (or simply WPF) is the premiere technology from Microsoft for creating Windows desktop applications. With the release of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5, WPF reaches a new high level of productivity and introduces a number of improvements that make your applications far much better and more responsive. WPF still remains the development platform you will use to build desktop applications for Windows 8, so all of your investments are still valid. Although a lot of platforms are growing, such as Windows Runtime, Silverlight, and Silverlight for Windows Phone, if you build applications for the desktop you’ll need to get the most out of WPF. The details that will help you to create great applications ...