Foundations of WPF

An Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation

Laurence Moroney - Collection The Expert's Voice in .NET

324 pages, parution le 29/11/2006

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Résumé

The Windows Presentation Foundation is one of the new "foundations" being introduced by Microsoft in .NET 3.0. WPP is a vital component to the future of application development, allowing developers to take control of the sheer power that is available at the desktop to develop rich, interactive, media-enhanced user interfaces.

My first professional programming experience was remodeling a text-based user interface into a Windows-based GUI using Visual Basic 3.0. The productivity enhancements brought by the new language allowed large-scale changes to be made in minutes instead of hours or days. The difference was astonishing. When I look at WPP today, I see the same leap forward. Compared to the Windows GUIs you are used to, you'll see a huge performance increase in the rich-media GUIs that are now available through WPF.

These differences will be clear both to you and to your users. There, on the screen, will be fast, responsive applications that take full advantage of the graphics hardware of the machines on which they run; this will provide a richer, more immersive experience than you have ever experienced. Furthermore, you'll achieve these miracles quickly and simply from within a comprehensive development environment.

WPF has a huge, varied application programming interface (API) that aims to make even the most complex tasks straightforward, and this book gives you the introduction you need to get started with it. In addition, this book gets you ready to go deeper, arming you with skills for designing, implementing, and deploying applications using WPF.

I hope you have as much fun reading this book as I had writing it!

L'auteur - Laurence Moroney

Laurence Moroney : "évangéliste technique" chez Microsoft spécialisé dans l'ergonomie web, il a plus d'une dizaine d'années d'expérience dans le développement logiciel. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs autres livres chez MS Press.

Sommaire

About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Preface
Introducing WPF
Programming WPF Applications
Building Your First WPF Application
Building a Connected WPF Application
Exploring the Layout Controls
Working with XAML Controls
Working with Graphics and Media
Working with Animation
Working with 3D Graphics in WPF
Distributing Your WPF Applications
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Apress
Auteur(s)	Laurence Moroney
Collection	The Expert's Voice in .NET
Parution	29/11/2006
Nb. de pages	324
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	652g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781590597606
ISBN13	978-1-59059-760-6