Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook

Pavel Yosifovich, "Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook"
English | ISBN: 184968622X | 2012 | 464 pages | PDF, EPUB | 7 + 13 MB

Over 80 recipes to effectively and efficiently develop rich Windows client applications on the Windows platform
Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step instructions and real world examples
Gain a strong foundation of WPF features and patterns
Leverage the MVVM pattern to build decoupled, maintainable apps

In Detail

Windows
Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified
programming model for building rich Windows smart client user
experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.

WPF has
become the leading technology for developing rich client applications on
the Windows platform, packed with features and capabilities. However,
WPF is big; in fact, it's huge, causing a steep learning curve for the
beginner and even for those already using some WPF features.

Windows
Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook provides clear recipes for common
WPF tasks. It includes detailed explanations and code examples for
customizing and enhancing the basic scenarios, while gaining a deep
understanding of WPF mechanics and capabilities.

WPF is different
and requires a different mind-set and approach. This book provides
recipes and insights not only in its design but also its practical
implementation details.

Starting from the foundations of WPF,
such as dependency properties and XAML, the book touches on all major
WPF aspects, such as controls and layout, resources, and digs deep into
its unprecedented data binding capabilities.

The book shows data
and control templates in action, which allow full customizations of
displayed data and controls in a declarative way. Supported by styles
and resources makes data binding all the more powerful. The Model View
View-Model pattern is presented as an effective way of maximizing
decoupling of components, while providing an elegant way of expanding
applications while maintaining a tight grip on complexity.

The
later parts discuss custom elements and controls – the ultimate
customization mechanism, and looks at multithreading issues, and how
.NET 4.5 task parallelism features can enhance application performance.

What will you learn from this book
Get tips and insights to maximize your productivity
Learn to build complex and flexible user interfaces using XAML
Perform lengthy operations asynchronously while keeping the UI responsive
Get well-versed with WPF features such as data binding, layout, resources, templates, and styles
Customize a control's template to alter appearance but preserve behaviour