Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook: 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows - Softcover

Chowdhury, Kunal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788399803 ISBN 13: 9781788399807

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Gain comprehensive insight into WPF mechanics and capabilities.

Key Features

• Gain a strong foundation in WPF features and patterns
• Leverage the MVVM pattern to build decoupled, maintainable apps
• Increase efficiency through Performance tuning and UI automation

Book Description

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is Microsoft's development tool for building rich Windows client user experiences that incorporate UIs, media, and documents. With the updates in .NET 4.7, Visual Studio 2017, C# 7, and .NET Standard 2.0, WPF has taken giant strides and is now easier than ever for developers to use.

If you want to get an in-depth view of WPF mechanics and capabilities, then this book is for you.

The book begins by teaching you about the fundamentals of WPF and then quickly shows you the standard controls and the layout options. It teaches you about data bindings and how to utilize resources and the MVVM pattern to maintain a clean and reusable structure in your code. After this, you will explore the animation capabilities of WPF and see how they integrate with other mechanisms. Towards the end of the book, you will learn about WCF services and explore WPF's support for debugging and asynchronous operations.

By the end of the book, you will have a deep understanding of WPF and will know how to build resilient applications.

What you will learn

• Understand the fundamentals of WPF
• Explore the major controls and manage element layout
• Implement data binding
• Create custom elements that lead to a particular implementation path
• Customize controls, styles, and templates in XAML
• Leverage the MVVM pattern to maintain a clean and reusable structure in your code
• Master practical animations
• Integrate WCF services in a WPF application
• Implement WPFs support for debugging and asynchronous operations

Who this book is for:

The book is intended for developers who are relatively new to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), or those who have been working with WPF for some time, but want to get a deeper understanding of its foundation and concepts to gain practical knowledge. Basic knowledge of C# and Visual Studio is assumed.

About this title

About the Author

Kunal Chowdhury is an author, a passionate blogger, and a software engineer by profession. He was a Microsoft MVP from 2010 to 2018. Over the years, he has acquired profound knowledge of various Microsoft products and services, and has helped developers and consumers throughout the world. As a tech buff, Kunal has in-depth knowledge of C#, XAML, .NET, WPF, Visual Studio, Windows 10, and Azure. He has written many articles on his technical blog for developers and consumers. You can contact him on Twitter (kunal2383) and become one of his fans. He has also authored the books Mastering Visual Studio 2017 and Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, both available from Packt Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1788399803
• ISBN 13: 9781788399807
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 524