- Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (Feb 26 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470477229
- ISBN-13: 978-0470477229
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.7 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Build effective user interfaces with Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is included with the Windows operating system and provides a programming model for building applications that provide a clear separation between the UI and business logic. Written by a leading expert on Microsoft graphics programming, this richly illustrated book provides an introduction to WPF development and explains fundamental WPF concepts.
Packed with helpful examples, this reference progresses through a range of topics that gradually increase in their complexity. You’ll quickly start building applications while you learn how to use both Expression Blend and Visual Studio to build UIs. In addition, the book addresses the needs of programmer who write the code behind the UI and shows you how operations can be performed using both XAML and C#.
Topics Covered:
Overview of WPF
WPF in Visual Studio
Expression Blend
Common Properties
Content Controls
Layout Controls
User Interaction Controls
Two-Dimensional Drawing Controls
Properties
Pens and Brushes
Events and Code-Behind
Resources
Styles and Property Triggers
Event Triggers and Animation
Templates
Themes and Skins
Printing
Data Binding
Commanding
Transformations and Effects
Documents
Navigation-Based Applications
Three-Dimensional Drawing
Silverlight
Even if you only have a minimal amount of experience, by the end of the book, you will be able to build dynamic and responsive user interfaces with WPF.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
From the Back Cover
Go beyond what you thought possible in user interface development
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) enables you to build effective and unique graphical user interfaces. However, it takes a steep learning curve to master the exceptions and shortcuts that are built into WPF. This reference provides you with a solid foundation of fundamental WPF concepts so you can start building attractive, dynamic, and interactive applications quickly and easily. As the book progresses, topics gradually become more advanced, and you'll discover how to use WPF to build applications that run in more environments, on more hardware, using more graphical tools, and providing a more engaging visual experience than is normally possible with Windows Forms.
WPF Programmer's Reference:
Explains with full color code examples how code is connected to the user interface and shows how operations can be performed using both XAML and C#
Features a series of essential appendices that summarize WPF syntax and concepts for easy reference
Covers the latest release of WPF, along with Visual Studio® 2010, Expression Blend 3, and .NET 4
Shows how to position and arrange content, layout, interaction, and drawing controls; define their properties; and manipulate those properties to produce stunning visual effects
Addresses event triggers and animation, templates, themes and skins, data binding, and transformations and effects
Provides comparable Visual Basic versions of all code examples on the companion web site
Wrox guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for programmers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
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Very 'basic',
This review is from: WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4 (Paperback)
The author words: "I don't want to receive a bunch of flaming e-mails complaining that some of the material is too basic, so I am warning you right now!" describe my overall feeling about this book, it is just too basic... and too superficial. As example: only 17 pages to cover layout, that is: Canvas, DockPanel, Expander, Grid, ScrollViewer, StackPanel, StatusBar, TabControl, ToolBar, ViewBox and more... No much depth anywhere.While it claims to cover both VbNet and C#, that is done mostly by using almost exclusively XAML, in fact, and the examples are isolated examples of XAML, not complete project, so while it MAY be relevant to the illustrated point, I am not sure that someone NOT knowing anything about WPF could easily get a working, hand on, experience from this book, and would be rather left with the question: where do I really start? Why things do not work? Sure, the reader may acquire some theorical knowledge of the UI parts, isolated, ... but missing a lot of integration, and practical work with XAML, that is very unlikely to help in the end, imho, even for very experienced 'code monkeys' (cut and paste code for external source). Given that the book can hardly be used as a reference one, in the long run, since it is too many times too basic, and without 'experience of life', I have a problem to identify the targetted audience.
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By M. Duncan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4 (Paperback)
I have to begin by discussing the readability of this book. This is the first full color programming reference book I have read. As WPF is focused on user interface development, the full color print was certainly the right choice. Of course, this required a different grade of paper than I've experienced in other books and initially when I began reading the book, I found myself often double checking that I had not flipped two pages instead of one. After a couple of chapters, I was used to the phenomenon and no longer felt the need to double check the page number often.The chapters are short, averaging 20 pages, but cover each titled topic. This made for easy reading as I could choose to read one, two or even more chapters depending upon how much time I had available. With many other professional books I have read, the chapters are usually much longer and I often had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter, losing any context, which meant backtracking a few pages when I had the chance to resume reading. While the chapters cover a lot of material, many seemed to lack the in depth detail I've come to expect from professional reference books. Initially, I was disappointed, particularly in topics I wanted to learn more about and prompted my interest in this book in the first place. However, I soon realized that the chapters were providing me the basic conceptual knowledge and the correct terminology. And then I discovered the appendices, all sixteen of them. For these alone, this book will remain within reach from or on my desk as long as I am developing applications using WPF. Since the details are usually lists of properties in large tables, which are difficult to read (also known as "sleeping aides"), I thought the idea of separating them from the topical discussions in the chapters a refreshing idea. It shows how the organization of the material presented in the book is well thought out. Not only do the chapters start with foundation concepts and increase in difficulty as you progress through the book, but they also presents topics in an order that build upon themselves. For example, once past the introductory chapter, tools are discussed, followed by basic controls, followed by methods for styling controls and so forth. Your level of experience will dictate how you read this book. A beginner will read it from cover to cover, while a more experienced developer will probably skim the initial chapters until they reach concepts they are not familiar with. This is what I did, and even as a developer with years of experience, including having already developed several WPF applications, I still found myself slowing down and reading some of the initial chapters with care. And in the later chapters, I found understandable explanations on topics that I had previously struggled through hours of Google searches, trials & errors, and failed attempts. I wish I had had access to this book about a year ago! Even while reading this book, I found myself returning to those WPF applications I had previously built and refactoring them. Only slightly. I promise! Yeah, right... (rolls eyes.) 6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very 'basic',
By Vanderghast - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4 (Paperback)
The author words: "I don't want to receive a bunch of flaming e-mails complaining that some of the material is too basic, so I am warning you right now!" describe my overall feeling about this book, it is just too basic... and too superficial. As example: only 17 pages to cover layout, that is: Canvas, DockPanel, Expander, Grid, ScrollViewer, StackPanel, StatusBar, TabControl, ToolBar, ViewBox and more... No much depth anywhere.While it claims to cover both VbNet and C#, that is done mostly by using almost exclusively XAML, in fact, and the examples are isolated examples of XAML, not complete project, so while it MAY be relevant to the illustrated point, I am not sure that someone NOT knowing anything about WPF could easily get a working, hand on, experience from this book, and would be rather left with the question: where do I really start? Why things do not work for me? Sure, the reader may acquire some theorical knowledge of the UI parts, isolated, ... but missing a lot of integration between the various parts, and practical work with XAML, that is very unlikely to help in the end, imho, *even* for very experienced 'code monkeys' (experts in cut and paste code for external source). Given that the book can hardly be used as a reference one, in the long run, since it is far too basic, and without 'experience of life', I have a problem to identify the targetted audience. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent introductory book to WPF,
By a_guy_in_boston "a_guy_in_boston" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4 (Paperback)
I found this to be a tremendously useful and well-written introduction to WPF, with many good code examples and thoughtful organization of the content. The use of full color was really helpful. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who is approaching WPF, especially first-time learners.
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