WPF knowledge = Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) (Unleashed)

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	• Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) (Unleashed) Adam Nathan Sams, 2006 - 656 pages average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A good cover-to-cover read

This book stands out as one of the easiest to read technical books. The book is in color, is divided into many chapters and sub-chapters, and written in a casual style, which makes it very enjoyable to read. The coverage of the content is top-notch, save for the chapter on data binding which I think lacked better examples. I think this book falls into the category of a cover-to-cover read; meaning it is easy to get through the book in a couple weeks. There are other books that I would recommend as a reference book that contain more detailed technical information. If you are new to WPF and are the type to read complete chapters and books, then definitely start with this one.

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Great For Learning

This is a well written, well structured book.

Full color with good examples and covers a good range of details.

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WPF knowledge = Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) (Unleashed)

What can I say.. I was looking for a book about WPF. I saw many, and many until I found that one. Then I stopped looking for more :)

WPF made easy

Hey, a programming book in full colour!! WPF Unleashed really does introduce the concepts and details of WPF programming in a clear and easy manner, and Adam Nathan is to be commended for his efforts. Anyone wanting to learn (more) about WPF will benefit from this book.

One of Two Books on WPF You Really Need to Own

As WPF is such a change from Windows Forms programming, you really do need a reference book to get you started (and for reference too, when you want to do something more advanced). Googling just doesn't help too much yet... and in any case what you really want to do is to understand a little of the underlying technology, not just copy someone else's code snippet and ignore how it works.

I started with this book, then got impatient to get writing some code - so I bought Chris Sells' "Programing WPF", which got me to a flying start. But then I wanted to go back and understand more of what I was doing, and so I picked up WPF Unleashed again - and a lot of what I had been coding became clear.

So now I'm almost certain to shuttle between the two books... and I recommend you do the same!

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Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a key component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to create richer and more compelling applications than you dreamed possible. Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3D graphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, rich document support, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables you to do so in a seamless, resolution-independent manner. Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is the authoritative book that covers it all, in a practical and approachable fashion, authored by .NET guru and Microsoft developer Adam Nathan.

· Covers everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)

· Examines the WPF feature areas in incredible depth: controls, layout, resources, data binding, styling, graphics, animation, and more

· Features a chapter on 3D graphics by Daniel Lehenbauer, lead developer responsible for WPF 3D

· Delves into non-mainstream topics: speech, audio/video, documents, bitmap effects, and more

· Shows how to create popular UI elements, such as features introduced in the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Galleries, ScreenTips, custom control layouts, and more

· Demonstrates how to create sophisticated UI mechanisms, such as Visual Studio-like collapsible/dockable panes

· Explains how to develop and deploy all types of applications, including navigation-based applications, applications hosted in a Web browser, and applications with great-looking non-rectangular windows

· Explains how to create first-class custom controls for WPF

· Demonstrates how to create hybrid WPF software that leverages Windows Forms, ActiveX, or other non-WPF technologies

· Explains how to exploit new Windows Vista features in WPF applications

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