| WPF Fundamentals |
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| Written by Haim Michael |
| Saturday, 19 June 2010 21:52 |
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WPF stands for Windows Presentation Foundation and it is Microsoft's newest applications development framework for developing user interfaces in windows based applications. WPF was initially released as part of the .NET Framework 3.0. It was built on top of the DirectX technology, that provides the required hardware acceleration for the development of modern user interfaces features such as transparency, gradients and transforms. WPF provides a clear separation between the user interface and the business logic, allowing the develop and the designer to work separately. This separation is enabled thanks to XAML, WPF new markup language. The XAML files define the user interface and we can edit them directly or through a visual editor. Applications developed using WPF can be deployed either on the desktop or within the web browser. Microsoft Silverlight is a web based subset of WPF that enables the development of rich internet applications devered over the web. Microsoft Silverlight is the technology in use when developing user interfaces for windows phone 7 applications.
Taking this course you will learn how to take develop user interfraces using WPF and be capable of taking the right decision as per when it is recommended to use this technology. The following clip is a short showcase for Microsoft's WPF capabilities. The following clip is a short showcase for Microsoft's Silverlight running on the Internet Explorer web browser. Doing your first steps you can find a community version of our course available for free personal and academic usage at www.abelski.com. Click here for the complete detailed syllabus of this course. |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 19 June 2010 22:19 |