| | |  | Secure Communications | Home » » Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition (Books for Professionals by Professionals) | | | | | | | Description: | | The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high–quality user experiences in Windows Vista. WPF blends application user interface, documents, and media content to provide richer control, design, and development of the visual aspects of Windows programs. Author Matthew MacDonald shows you how WPF really works. His no–nonsense, practical advice will get you building high–quality WPF applications quickly and easily. MacDonald will take you through a thorough investigation of the more advanced aspects of WPF, and its relation to other elements of the WinFX stack and the .NET Framework 3.5, to complete your understanding of WPF and C# 2008. WPFs functionality extends to support for Tablet PCs and other forms of input device, and provides a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data–driven UI and visualization, as well as the integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell. What you’ll learn - WPF basics: XAML, layout, control essentials, and data flow
- WPF applications: Navigation, commands, localization, and deployment
- Advanced controls: Custom controls, menus, toolbars, and trees
- WPF documents: Text layout, printing, and document packaging
- Graphics and multimedia: Drawing shapes, sound and video, animation, geometric transformations, and imaging
Who is this book for? Developers encountering WPF and .NET 3.5 for the first time in their professional lives About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781590599556
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Matthew MacDonald | | Paperback:
| 1040 pages | | Publisher:
| Apress | | Publication Date:
| February 25, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1590599551 | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 38 reviews |
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 Nothing pro about this oneJul 22, 2010
I'm very disappointed with this book. I have now had WPF Unleashed, Pro WPF in C# 2008, and Programming WPF for several month, and time and time again I try to look something up in the Pro book only to get frustrated over the lack of `anything' more than just the regular information you can find in MSDN help. Just the other day I needed some detailed info on GlyphRunDrawing, looked in the index, cool - it is there, go to the page, the word GlyphRunDrawing is there in a table over drawing classes - nothing else. And it seems to be the same every single time I try to look for something, no real useful information.
Do now spend your money on this book. Are you starting in WPF go with the Unleashed, are you looking for a deeper book go with Programming WPF.
Prompt and good valueJul 14, 2010
I tried to buy this product locally, not only was the price high, but delivery would have taken up to four weeks. For a major capital city, this was unacceptable. I have no guilt about buying this book from Amazon - half the price and arrived within a week. Brilliant.
 A great book!May 27, 2010
This rates high in my opinion. Lots of really great examples with plenty of "internals" knowledge exposed. The author did a great job organizing and put in ample detail. I recommend this book to anyone serious about WPF.
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 Thorough, a good resource, but slow and boring...May 21, 2010
If you know nothing about WPF, this book will teach you and I'm sure, do a great job. At 1000+ pages it's very thorough, but if your already a seasoned WinForms programmer, you may find it a little too thorough. At times this read more like a "for dummies" book. Basic topics are explained such as what a list box is and the consequence of adding events. This book probably could have been cut down to half the size if the audience were credited with a little more intelligence, after all this is a "Pro" WPF book? Such an example of "bloat" is:
"Because ApplicationCommands.Open is a static property, there is only one instance of the Open command for your entire application."
Come on! Do we really need to be reminded how static objects work? Having to read this extra and unnecessary blurb is tiring.
If you have minimal programming experience you may find all this useful, but for someone who is more skilled and just wants to know how WPF differs from the traditional WinForms model you're probably going to find this painful. A "Quick Start" guide this is not. I found myself getting very bored reading about what a combobox does but not wanting to skip anything in case a missed an important WPF specific feature. As a busy developer I just don't have time to sort out the important bits.
Pros: Thorough, comprehensive.
Cons: Boring, slow going (isn't it a "Pro" book), no central theme to the book (example program, etc)
Summary: Great for the real beginners, anyone with more than a years programming experience may want to look elsewhere.
Great gem for detailed WPF knowledgeMay 11, 2010
I use the book as the reference for all of my WPF questions. Every time I read or reread a chapter, I develop greater understanding of WPF and how to best utilize it. I plan to get the new edition of this book.
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