WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) provides a complete development framework for building apps with high-quality user interface on Windows. This also gives an unprecedented opportunity to you to make full use of the processing ability of Windows computer.

Pro WPF in C#/VB is one authoritative WPF programming book industriously written by the Microsoft's MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Matthew MacDonald from Britain, which is well received by readers in amazon. It condenses the author's accumulated rich experiences in practice over years, and is currently the most comprehensive book introducing WPF programming technology.

Note, the learning of Pro WPF 4.5 in C#/VB, 4th Edition does not need any experience you have for using previous versions of WPF at all. And, experienced WPF developers can directly read the beginning of each chapter to get WPF 4.5 new features.

Table Of Contents

  1. Introducing WPF
  2. XAML
  3. Layout
  4. Dependency Properties
  5. Routed Events
  6. Controls
  7. The Application
  8. Element Binding
  9. Commands
  10. Resources
  11. Styles and Behaviors
  12. Shapes, Brushes, and Transforms
  13. Geometries and Drawings
  14. Effects and Visuals
  15. Animation Basics
  16. Advanced Animation
  17. Control Templates
  18. Custom Elements
  19. Data Binding
  20. Formatting
  21. Bound Data
  22. Data Views
  23. Lists, Trees, and Grids
  24. Windows Pages and Navigation
  25. Menus, Toolbars, and Ribbons
  26. Sound and Video
  27. 3-D Drawing
  28. Documents
  29. Printing
  30. Interacting with Windows Forms
  31. Multithreading
  32. The Add-in Model
  33. ClickOnce Deployment

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Pro WPF 4.5 in C#, 4th Edition
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EPUB 22.4 MB
Pro WPF 4.5 in VB
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