Windows Presentation Foundation – Application Development (WPF1)

Microsoft, Programming

Designed for developers, this course teaches building desktop apps with Windows Presentation Foundation. You’ll master core WPF concepts, practical use of Visual Studio, and development on the .NET Framework to deliver responsive modern user interfaces.

Through hands-on labs and examples you will implement Data Binding, build layouts and controls, apply Styling & Templates, and handle Commands. The course also covers Debugging, localization, 2D graphics, multimedia and deployment strategies.

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• Service-Oriented Architecture

• Windows applications and WPF
1. Windows application architecture
2. Interoperability between Windows Forms and WPF
3. What's new in Visual Studio
4. What's new in WPF?

• UI design and development
1. Creating page layouts
2. Using content controls
3. Using item controls
4. Sharing logical resources at the window level
5. Sharing logical resources at the application level
6. Creating a consistent UI with styles
7. Changing control appearance using templates
8. Event handling and the Commands infrastructure

• Testing and debugging
1. WPF application testing strategies
2. Debugging XAML
3. Handling unhandled exceptions
4. Basics of security features

• Basic data binding and validation
1. WPF data binding basics
2. Creating data bindings
3. Implementing property change notification
4. Data conversion
5. Data validation
6. Displaying data during development

• Data binding to collections
1. Binding to a collection of objects
2. Using collection views
3. Creating master–detail UIs
4. Using data templates

• Improving UI behavior
1. Implementing asynchronous processing
2. Implementing responsive UI

• Localization and user assistance
1. Localization and globalization
2. Implementing user assistance features
3. Providing user accessibility features

• WPF 2D graphics, multimedia and printing
1. 2D graphics
2. Displaying images
3. Adding multimedia to a WPF application
4. Creating and printing documents

• Creating custom controls
1. Fundamentals of creating WPF controls
2. Creating user controls
3. Creating custom controls
4. Controlling control appearance with visual states
5. Integrating WPF and Windows Forms
6. Module 12: Attached properties and behaviors in WPF
7. Implementing attached properties
8. Implementing drag-and-drop UI
9. Implementing Expression Blend behaviors, triggers and actions

• Animations in WPF
1. Using animations
2. Using triggers
3. Implementing data visualizations

• Application state and settings
1. Creating application settings
2. Using application settings
3. Creating custom configuration

• Configuring and deploying WPF applications
1. Deployment options
2. Deploying a standalone WPF application
3. Deploying an XBAP application
4. Configuring security settings

• Windows applications and WPF
1. Windows application architecture
2. Interoperability between Windows Forms and WPF
3. What's new in the current Visual Studio?
4. What's new in the current .NET Framework?

• UI design and development
1. Creating page layouts
2. Using content controls
3. Using item controls
4. Sharing logical resources at the window level
5. Sharing logical resources at the application level
6. Creating a consistent UI with styles
7. Changing control appearance using templates
8. Event handling and the Commands infrastructure

Assumed knowledge:

Knowledge of C#; completion of the CNET1 course is recommended.

Recommended subsequent course:

Windows Presentation Foundation - WPF Databinding (WPF2)

Schedule:

3 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )

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