August 2010
Intermediate to advanced
1224 pages
34h 17m
English
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Developing Windows Client Applications
There are two principal .NET technologies used to develop Windows client applications: Windows Forms (WinForms) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Both of these technologies are essentially a set of classes and user interface controls exposed by the .NET Framework that enable developers to quickly build out applications that are installed, and run, under the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Both the WinForms framework and the WPF framework are mature technologies, however WPF represents Microsoft’s long-term technical strategy for user interface development. It provides a huge leap beyond WinForms for crafting applications that must blend multimedia, document, and high-impact user interface ...