Windows Presentation Foundation is Microsoft.s newest API for creating
Windows applications. It gives the programmer the ability to produce
dazzling, graphics.rich programs easily without having to delve into the
messy details of the graphics subsystem.To use this power, however, the
programmer must learn new concepts for laying out pages and displaying
graphics. Illustrated WPF presents these concepts clearly and
visually.making them easier to understand and retain.What you.ll
learnThe important new concepts underlying programming in WPF, including
the visual tree, the logical tree, dependency properties, and routed
events.The XAML markup language and how it is used to create and
initialize objects in WPF. You.ll also learn how XAML and C# code work
together to producing stunning programs.How to lay out screens and
graphics using WPF.s various panel types, and how to achieve a
consistent visual appearance throughout a program, using resources,
styles, and templates.How to bind visual elements to data sources.How to
perform graphics transformations to produce eye.catching displays, and
how to use animation to produce pages that are alive with action.How to
use the WPF document types for text layout and navigation.Who is this
book forThis book is for C# programmers wanting to learn to program
Microsoft.s latest method of building stunning Windows programs.Windows
Presentation Foundation. They could be web programmers familiar with
ASP.NET or programmers coming from Windows Forms. This book is designed
for those who want a concise but thorough, visual presentation of the
platform. It is not for those who want a long, leisurely, verbose
explanation of the platform.

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