| Foundations of WPF: An Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation Contributor(s): Moroney, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590597605 ISBN-13: 9781590597606 Publisher: Apress OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Windows Presentation Foundation is a cutting-edge presentation framework for creating high-fidelity applications for Windows Vista and Windows XP. WPF is a composite technology with a noteworthy graphics engine that gives you more control over your application's screen output than has ever been possible in Windows before. New control frameworks and a new XML-based markup language, XAML, complete the core WPF package. On top of this, WPF can be linked to the new Microsoft Expression Suite to simplify the creation of your user interfaces, and it can be linked to .NET 2.0 to handle complex business logic. "Foundations of WPF: An Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation" teaches you everything you need to get started with the technology, and is broken into three parts. The first introduces and contextualizes the WPF technology; the second part dives deeper into the facets of the technology that are of immediate and valuable use in developing applications; the last part offers you the real-world perspective you need to be productive in the community and customer base. In summary, this book Explains how WPF interoperates with myriad new ancillary and support technologies being released by Microsoft (XAML, WCF, WinFX, and the Expression Design Suite) Gets you up and running, building applications for the new Windows "Vista" as quickly as possible Separates design and implementation to make life easier from a business and development perspective |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Operating Systems - Windows Desktop - Computers | Programming - Microsoft - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General |
| Dewey: 005.276 |
| Series: Expert's Voice in .NET |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 7.08" W x 9.26" (1.41 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Windows Presentation Foundations (WPF), formerly code-named Avalon, is part of a suite of new technologies collectively known as 'The WinFX stack'. The suite, coupled with ancillary technologies such as XAML and LINQ provides a powerful addition to the .NET 2.0 Framework for creating applications for Windows Vista, and WinFX-enabled Windows XP computers. This book explains what WPF is, how it can be used and how it fits into the wider picture of new WinFX technologies. Readers get quickly up to speed with new coding techniques and processes needed for successful WPF coding, and receive a thorough practical grounding in how the technologies can be used. |