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Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (Dec 31 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672328917
ISBN-13: 978-0672328916
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 17.8 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a key component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to create richer and more compelling applications than you dreamed possible. Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3D graphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, rich document support, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables you to do so in a seamless, resolution-independent manner. Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is the authoritative book that covers it all, in a practical and approachable fashion, authored by .NET guru and Microsoft developer Adam Nathan.

· Covers everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)

· Examines the WPF feature areas in incredible depth: controls, layout, resources, data binding, styling, graphics, animation, and more

· Features a chapter on 3D graphics by Daniel Lehenbauer, lead developer responsible for WPF 3D

· Delves into non-mainstream topics: speech, audio/video, documents, bitmap effects, and more

· Shows how to create popular UI elements, such as features introduced in the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Galleries, ScreenTips, custom control layouts, and more

· Demonstrates how to create sophisticated UI mechanisms, such as Visual Studio-like collapsible/dockable panes

· Explains how to develop and deploy all types of applications, including navigation-based applications, applications hosted in a Web browser, and applications with great-looking non-rectangular windows

· Explains how to create first-class custom controls for WPF

· Demonstrates how to create hybrid WPF software that leverages Windows Forms, ActiveX, or other non-WPF technologies

· Explains how to exploit new Windows Vista features in WPF applications

About the Author

Adam Nathan is a senior software development engineer in Microsoft’s Developer Division. He is the author of the acclaimed .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (SAMS, 2002), a coauthor of ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (SAMS, 2001), and a contributor to books such as .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Vol. 2 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Windows Developer Power Tools (O’Reilly, 2006). Adam regularly speaks at development conferences and to groups within Microsoft about a variety of .NET Framework topics. Having started his career on Microsoft’s Common Language Runtime team in 1999, Adam has been at the core of .NET technologies since the very beginning. Adam is also the creator of popular tools and websites for .NET developers, such as PINVOKE.NET, CLR SPY (and its Visual Studio add-in), and XAMLshare.com. You can find him online at www.adamnathan.net.

Daniel Lehenbauer is the lead software design engineer responsible for the 3D features in Windows Presentation Foundation. Prior to WPF, he worked on multiple graphics and UI technologies, including mobile controls for ASP.NET and Windows Forms. Daniel is active in the WPF community and blogs about 3D graphics using WPF at www.viewport3D.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, useful and definitely practical, April 2 2008

By	J. ZOUNMEVO (Kingston, On, Canada) - See all my reviews

I read this book a few months after the release of VS 9 (near the end of 2007), because I was about to use WPF at work and it is just great. Let's make this concise.
Pros
*Very well written.
*Obviously, the author knows his stuff and how to transmit it
*The content is well organized. I think that the chapters' chronology is almost perfect.
*There is usually the programmatic version of the XAML way of doing things. Sometimes, I think that the book defeats MSDN on this aspect (grr! . . .)
*Color presentation that helps grabbing some details in sample codes at a glance
*Color presentation of sample executions. This aspect is extremely helpful; it is almost like executing the samples without the bother of actually doing so. It makes all the difference in chapter 10 for instance. Many style changes would be difficult to notice otherwise?
*Precious side bar info such as the "Digging deeper" section; one of my preferred. I used to quickly consult the RelativeSource "digging deeper" section in chapter 9. By the way, chapters 3, 8, 9 and 10 are definitely among the best.

Cons
Well . . . a notorious thing one can complain about is that this book does not incorporate the rather negligible (in my opinion) new features of WPF 3.5. Considering the book's quality, this aspect should not be decisive.

Consider reading the amazon.com (notice the ".com") reviews about this volume.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great read!, April 23 2009

By	Adrian Stiegler (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm really responding to this book, it's full color presentation really helps with clarity and researching.

In terms of the copy style, I must say it does hit the intermediate level quite rapidly, but if this is where you are at in terms of experience, you should be able to take this book and have it by your desk for years of reference.

This book was recommended to me, and thus I recommend it to you!

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- Adrian Stiegler

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have book., Aug 15 2009

By	Andre Coimbra-villela "Kafka" (Montreal,Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hi,

I bought this book, because I saw it on various web sites that talk about WPF or have tutorials on it, and all of them referred the book.
It is a very easy reading.
Since I am new to wpf, I am enjoying very much reading it.
I recommend.

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