Product Description
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#.

Coverage Includes:

• 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.

From the Back Cover
Harness the capabilities of Visual Basic 2010. This comprehensive tutorial and reference guide provides programmers and developers of all skill and experience levels with a broad, solid understanding of essential Visual Basic 2010 topics and clearly explains how to use this powerful programming language to perform a variety of tasks. As a tutorial, the book describes the Visual Basic language and covers essential Visual Basic topics. Also serving as a reference guide, the material presents categorized information regarding specific operations and reveals useful tips and tricks to help you make the most of Visual Basic 2010.

Visual Basic 2010:

• Reviews the forms, controls, and other objects that Visual Basic provides for building applications in a modern windowing environment
• Discusses the latest features of Visual Basic, including auto-implemented properties, array literals and initializers, and nullable optional parameters
• Explains how to customize the Visual Studio integrated development environment
• Reviews WPF controls, error handling and debugging techniques, LINQ features, user access security, and more
• Addresses object-oriented programming with Visual Basic 2010
• Details the various graphics classes in the GDI+

About the Author
Rod Stephens frequently writes for such magazines as Visual Basic Developer, Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal, and Dr. Dobb’s Journal. His web site (vb-helper.com) receives several million hits per month. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Visual Basic Programmer’s Reference, both the 2005 and 2008 editions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1272 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (March 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470499834
• ISBN-13: 978-0470499832