• Understand the WPF programming model with and without XAML
• Learn to build custom user controls
• Work with WPF data binding
• Work with animation and graphical rendering
• Learn to use Expression Blend to build WPF user interfaces

Audience
This class is intended for experienced .NET 2.0 software developers. No knowledge of WPF is assumed. If you need to learn the fundamentals of .NET, you may be interested in Intertech’s C# Training, VB.NET Training or ASP.NET Training.

Prerequisites
Understanding of Object Oriented Programming using C# or VB .NET 2.0 development experience

Introducing WPF

• Understand the motivation behind WPF
• Examine the various ‘flavors’ of WPF applications
• Overview the services provided by WPF
• Examine the core WPF assemblies and namespaces
• Work with the Window and Application class types
• Learn the syntax of XAML
• Understand the XAML / code relationship

• Survey the core WPF control types
• Review the WPF control programming model
• Learn to position controls using layout managers
• Understand the role of WPF control commands
• Work with the WPF Ink API
• Use Microsoft Expression Blend to build user interfaces

• Understand the scope of the WPF documents API
• Distinguish between fixed documents and flow documents
• Populate a document with inline and block elements
• Work with the WPF document APIs
• Configure document controls using Blend

• Understand the scope of WPFs graphical rendering services
• Work with the Shape types
• Work with Brushes and Pens
• Apply graphical transformations
• Understand the role of geometries and drawings
• Work with the visual programming layer
• Work with the Blend graphical toolkit

• Learn to manage binary resources
• Understand the role of logical resources
• Work with resources in XAML and procedural code
• Work with resource dictionaries
• Understand the resource lookup mechanism
• Know the role of dynamic resources
• Learn how to make use of system resources
• Use Microsoft Expression Blend to manage logical resources

• Learn how to define and apply WPF styles
• Learn to limit where a style can be applied
• Build new styles based on existing styles
• Understand the use of triggers
• Define control styles using Blend

• Understand the scope of WPF’s animation services
• Define animations in code and XAML
• Work with linear interpolation animations
• Work with key-frame-based animations
• Work with path-based animations
• Implement hit testing and drag-and-drop functionality
• Creating animations using the Blend IDE

• Understand the relationship between WPF logical and visual trees
• Learn to build custom control templates
• Build templates which make use of triggers
• Work with the .NET 4.0 Visual State Manager
• Create custom UserControls
• Understand the ContentPresenter class
• Understand the TemplateBinding markup extension
• Understand the role of dependency properties
• Understand the role of routed events
• Generate UserControls from graphical content using Blend

• Understand the WPF data binding mechanism
• Understand control-to-control data binding
• Learn to work with data bindings in XAML and code
• Learn the role of the IValueConverter interface
• Learn to bind to custom collections of objects
• Define and make use of data templates
• Create data validation logic
• Examine the data binding support within Expression Blend

• Understand the motivation behind the MVVM design pattern
• Know the responsibilities of the Model
• Know the responsibilities of the ViewModel
• Know the responsibilities of the View
• Inject MVVM into an existing WPF application
• Break down the starter code for a Blend WPF MVVP project
• See how to communicate between the layers using data binding, behaviors and commands