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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768
EAN: 9781590599556
ISBN: 1590599551
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1040
Publication Date: February 25, 2008
Publisher: Apress
Sales Rank: 9122
Studio: Apress
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Product Description:
The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high–quality user experiences in Windows Vista. WPF blends application user interface, documents, and media content to provide richer control, design, and development of the visual aspects of Windows programs.
Author Matthew MacDonald shows you how WPF really works. His no–nonsense, practical advice will get you building high–quality WPF applications quickly and easily. MacDonald will take you through a thorough investigation of the more advanced aspects of WPF, and its relation to other elements of the WinFX stack and the .NET Framework 3.5, to complete your understanding of WPF and C# 2008.
WPFs functionality extends to support for Tablet PCs and other forms of input device, and provides a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data–driven UI and visualization, as well as the integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell.
What you’ll learn- WPF basics: XAML, layout, control essentials, and data flow
- WPF applications: Navigation, commands, localization, and deployment
- Advanced controls: Custom controls, menus, toolbars, and trees
- WPF documents: Text layout, printing, and document packaging
- Graphics and multimedia: Drawing shapes, sound and video, animation, geometric transformations, and imaging
Who is this book for?
Developers encountering WPF and .NET 3.5 for the first time in their professional lives
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Rating:  - Great reference for WPF
This is a great reference for WPF--I've been looking for a book like this for quite a while. It's probably not the best learning resource, but once you have a general understanding of WPF, this book can help dig deeper into specific topics, like "How do I change the startup behavior of a WPF apoplication? Can I put my UI files into a DLL, so I can swap the UI?" Chapter 3 helps answer both questions. No hesitation recommending this book to intermediate-level WPF developers.
Rating:  - Very thorough, but not clear for learners
This is certainly a thorough book, at 1000 pages highly suitable for thumping down on tables in order to impress people with the kinds of arcane stuff you get into. There are an awful lot of gotchas in WPF for the newbie, and one of the strengths of this book is that it has lots of detail about these unexpected behavioral quirks that would otherwise have you tearing your hair out and swearing at your innocent monitor. However, as a learning tool for someone who knows nothing about WPF - surely most ... Read More
Rating: - Great book! Better than WPF Unleashed!!
I ordered this book and WPF Unleashed (Adam Nathan) at the same time. I read WPF Unleashed first because I saw the reviews on Amazon.com.Then I read this title, Pro WPF in C# 2008.
I found this to be a much better book than WPF Unleashed.It's thicker, has more content, and dives much deeper.Don't get me wrong, they are both excellent books and I recommend them both.But if you really want to understand core WPF concepts, this book is the better choice.
Rating: - Very nice
Really a very nice introduction to WPF, it includes all the details to include win32 controls in WPF windows and WPF controls in WinForms app. I definitaly recommend this book!
Rating: - Best technical book I've read in a while
This book is laid out in a clear, straight-forward way.The chapters, and content within each, flow well.There is so much to learn with WPF, evidenced by the size of this book, that it can be daunting.However, Matthew takes a pragmatic, step-by-step approach which makes it very digestible.On numerous occasions I've found myself learning something in a paragraph but coming up with questions, only to find answers to those exact questions in the following paragraphs.
I just searched ... Read More
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