Layout

• Understand how the layout system works in WPF
• See how to use various containers to control layout
• See how to use alignment and sizing to control layout

Simple Controls

• Investigate Border, Button, CheckBox and RadioButton controls
• View and enter text using TextBlock, TextBox and PasswordBox controls
• Work with dates using the DatePicker and Calendar controls
• Add visual flair using the Slider, ProgressBar and MediaElement controls

Advanced Controls

• Learn how to use controls that enable users to select an item from a list
• See how to add menus to applications
• Explore controls that enable you to better organize content

Styles and Resources

• Investigate XAML Resources
• Learn about the hierarchy of resources
• Work with resources programmatically
• Organize resources with resource dictionaries
• Experiment with XAML Styles
• Apply Styles dynamically
• Work with Style inheritance

Navigation

• Explore navigation in WPF applications
• See how to build page-based applications that support navigation
• Learn how to navigate using XAML and code
• See how to build a XAML browser application

Binding

• Learn to use Binding objects to bind data sources and targets
• Add data converters to manage conversion during the binding process
• Use data templates to modify the layout of bound data in lists

Working with Data

• See hot to retrieve data from a SQL Server database
• Create common data bound forms
• See how to display information from main and related tables

Advanced Data Controls

• Learn how to use the ListView and GridView controls to display data
• Explore how to use the DataGrid control to display data
• See how to use the DataGrid control to edit data

Shapes and Geometries

• Learn to use basic shapes: lines, ellipses, rectangles, and polygons
• Add line caps and joins
• Work with geometries and paths
• Investigate the geometry mini-language

Brushes and Transforms

• Work with solid, gradient, and image brushes
• Add transparency effects, including opacity mask
• Investigate built-in transforms
• Add reflection effect using opacity mask and transforms

Deployment

• Learn how to deploy WPF applications using ClickOnce
• See how to deploy a markup-only XAML application
• Learn how to deploy a XAML browser application

Introducing Expression Blend

• Compare Visual Studio and Expression Blend
• Examine the Blend integrated development environment
• Learn about Expression Blend’s designer panels
• Integrate Expression Blend with Visual Studio
• Create resources and set up element-to-element binding in Expression Blend

Introducing Animation

• Understand how animation works in XAML applications
• Examine animation, storyboard, and trigger objects
• Learn to start animations in code
• Work with DoubleAnimation, ColorAnimation, and PointAnimation objects
• Examine properties of the animation classes
• Try out various easing functions
• Use Expression Blend to interactively create animations

Working with Data Using WCF Data Services

• Learn how to create WCF Data Services
• See how to call WCF Data Services from Silverlight applications
• Explore how to modify data using WCF Data Services

Windows Forms Interoperability

• Explore how to build applicatoins that contain both WPF Windows and Windows Forms
• Explore how WPF Windows can contain Windows Forms Controls and how Windows Forms can contain WPF Controls