Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook

Kunal Chowdhury

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781788396356
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Programming in C#
• Index: Computer Science

Gain comprehensive insight into WPF mechanics and capabilities.About This Book• Gain a strong foundation in WPF features and patterns• Leverage the MVVM pattern to build decoupled, maintainable apps• Increase efficiency through Performance tuning and UI automationWho This Book Is ForThe book is intended for developers who are relatively new to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), or those who have been working with WPF for some time, but want to get a deeper understanding of its foundation and concepts to gain practical knowledge. Basic knowledge of C# and Visual Studio is assumed.What You Will Learn• Understand the fundamentals of WPF• Explore the major controls and manage element layout• Implement data binding• Create custom elements that lead to a particular implementation path• Customize controls, styles, and templates in XAML• Leverage the MVVM pattern to maintain a clean and reusable structure in your code• Master practical animations• Integrate WCF services in a WPF application• Implement WPFs support for debugging and asynchronous operationsIn DetailWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is Microsoft's development tool for building rich Windows client user experiences that incorporate UIs, media, and documents. With the updates in.NET 4.7, Visual Studio 2017, C# 7, and.NET Standard 2.0, WPF has taken giant strides and is now easier than ever for developers to use. If you want to get an in-depth view of WPF mechanics and capabilities, then this book is for you.The book begins by teaching you about the fundamentals of WPF and then quickly shows you the standard controls and the layout options. It teaches you about data bindings and how to utilize resources and the MVVM pattern to maintain a clean and reusable structure in your code. After this, you will explore the animation capabilities of WPF and see how they integrate with other mechanisms. Towards the end of the book, you will learn about WCF services and explore WPF's support for debugging and asynchronous operations.By the end of the book, you will have a deep understanding of WPF and will know how to build resilient applications.Style and approachThis book takes a recipe-based approach to teaching you how to create fault-tolerant WPF applications.

Contributors

About the author

Kunal Chowdhury has been a Microsoft MVP since 2010. He is a renowned public speaker, an active blogger (by passion), and a software engineer (technical lead) by profession. Over the years, he has acquired profound knowledge of various Microsoft products and helped developers throughout the world with his deep knowledge and experience.

He has authored the book Mastering Visual Studio 2017 and written many articles, tips, and tricks on his technical blog (kunal-chowdhury [DOT] com) for developers and consumers. You can follow him on Twitter at @kunal2383 and become one of his fans on social media.

I would like to thank my wife, Manika Paul Chowdhury, and my parents for their continuous support throughout the period of writing this book. I would also like to thank the publisher and reviewers for their valuable feedback. Lastly, thanks to all my friends and colleagues who helped me to learn all that I have gathered over the years.

About the reviewer

Alvin Ashcraft is a developer living near Philadelphia. He has spent his 23-year career building software with C#, Visual Studio, WPF, ASP.NET, and more. He has been awarded, nine times, a Microsoft MVP. You can read his daily links for .NET developers on his blog, the Morning Dew. He works as a principal software engineer for Allscripts, building healthcare software. He has previously been employed with software compa...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright and Credits
• Packt Upsell
• Contributors
• Preface
• WPF Fundamentals
• Using WPF Standard Controls
• Layouts and Panels
• Working with Data Bindings
• Using Custom Controls and User Controls
• Using Styles, Templates, and Triggers
• Using Resources and MVVM Patterns
• Working with Animations
• Using WCF Services
• Debugging and Threading
• Interoperability with Win32 and WinForm
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