Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a framework within .NET for building next-generation standalone and browser-based client applications. This course introduces WPF to the C# programmer and shows how to create and deploy multimedia applications with WPF. You will learn about using windows and page-based navigation, implementing and formatting controls, working with events and data binding. You'll also learn about incorporation of multimedia elements including 3-D graphics, video and audio, and animations. Finally, you'll learn about using resources and deploying a WPF application.
Learning Objectives
Introduction to WPF and XAML
- start the course
- provide a high-level overview of WPF
- use XAML in WPF applications
- recognize the types of controls available in WPF and implement some common controls
- implement panel controls for layout in WPF applications
XAML Language Features
- work with resources in WPF applications
- implement styles for elements in WPF applications
- use templates to specify controls in WPF applications
- describe working with storyboards and animations using XAML in WPF applications
- create basic animations in WPF applications
WPF Controls - Deep Dive
- use Windows for standalone applications
- use page-based navigation for browser based applications
- implement menus and tabs in WPF applications
- implement rich text controls in WPF applications
- use the ListView, DataGrid, and TreeView controls to display bound data in WPF applications
Model-View-Model Pattern
- recognize the main features of data binding in WPF applications such as the DataContext dependency property, the Binding class, sources, and one-way and two-way binding
- implement data binding in WPF applications
- format or convert bound data in a WPF application
- implement commands in WPF applications
Managed WPF and C#
- recognize the event model of WPF
- implement events in WPF applications
Extended WPF Functionality
- recognize how to work with user input in WPF applications
- implement touch capabilities in WPF applications
- render graphics in WPF applications
- work with 3-D graphics in WPF applications
- incorporate audio and video in WPF applications
Deployment
- deploy WPF applications
Practice: Multimedia Applications using WPF
- create a multimedia WPF application