Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) takes the creation of client-side Windows applications to a whole new level. Developers moving from Windows Forms will find that the flexibility and richness of WPF makes it possible to create applications unlike any they could previously create. This course introduces the basics of working with WPF, starting with a tour of the basic controls, through data binding. More...
Course includes 48 + hours of total training time...
Windows Presentation Foundation Using Visual C# 2010
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16 hours
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) takes the creation of client-side Windows applications to a whole new level. Developers moving from Windows Forms will find that the flexibility and richness of WPF makes it possible to create applications unlike any they could previously create. This course introduces the basics of working with WPF, starting with a tour of the basic controls, through data binding. Than the course moves beyond the basics to cover working through some more advanced controls, more graphic issues including shapes, geometries, brushes, transforms, and animations, through deploying WPF applications.
In this course you will learn...
Investigate WPF application templates, designer and controls in Visual Studio 2010
Work with each of the simple and more complex, WPF controls
Using styles and resources to create consistent, visually interesting applications
Take advantage of element-to-element binding
Extend binding to work with data
Investigate more of the built-in controls
Learn to create and use shapes and geometries, and the powerful Path element
Deploy Silverlight applications
Work with Expression Blend 4
Add animation techniques
Work with the DataGrid control
Interoperate with Windows Forms
Prerequisites:
This course assumes that students have some programming background and experience using Visual Studio 2010. This course assumes knowledge of a CLS language (Visual C#), of the .NET Framework, and the current (or a prior) version of Visual Studio.
Introduction to WPF
Introduce Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Compare declarative and procedural coding styles
Investigate the WPF designer in Visual Studio 2010
Learn about controls and events in WPF
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
Ken Getz is a Microsoft MVP, nationally renowned speaker and best-selling author who specializes in programming with Visual C# and Visual Basic. He has been working with for more than 10 years, and is the author and presenter of some of most popular courses (click here for list of courses). Ken is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a member of the INETA Speaker Bureau and is a frequent speaker at user groups and at technical conferences worldwide including Tech-Ed, VSLive and DevConnections. Ken is also a technical editor for Advisor Guide to Microsoft Access and Advisor Guide to Microsoft Visual Basic and is a columnist for both CoDe Magazine and MSDN Magazine.
Robert Green is an author and presenter for several of popular Visual Studio training courses (click here for a complete list of courses). He is a Microsoft MVP and a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team. Robert is a member of the INETA Speaker Bureau and has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive and DevConnections. His articles have appeared on MSDN, in Advisor publications and more.
