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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight Introduction: Hands-On

 
Course: 975   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Create compelling, modern user experiences with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • Leverage Visual Studio to create WPF windows and pages with XAML, C# and VB
  • Program stand-alone, browser-based (XBAP), navigation-style and Silverlight applications using XAML
  • Produce dynamic content with WPF controls, styles, templates, triggers and animation
  • Build rich Internet applications for Windows and Mac computers using Silverlight
  • Bind WPF controls to one another, XML and object data for dynamic data presentation

Course Benefits

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the next generation platform for creating user interfaces (UIs) with the Microsoft .NET Framework. Using WPF, developers and designers can easily create programs that are dynamic, data-driven and visually appealing. In this course, you program applications that integrate the major components of WPF. You also learn how to target your WPF applications for multiple platforms with Silverlight.

Who Should Attend

.NET and other developers who want to leverage WPF to build modern, visual applications for Windows, Internet Explorer or Silverlight. .NET programming experience at the level of Course 502, "Programming with .NET Introduction," is assumed.

Hands-On Training

You gain hands-on experience building WPF applications with XAML, VB and C#. Exercises include:
  • Creating WPF stand-alone, browser-based and Silverlight projects using Visual Studio 2008
  • Programming XAML applications and user interfaces with WPF containers and controls
  • Enhancing controls with styles, templates and triggers
  • Integrating Silverlight into Web applications for a rich user experience
  • Synchronizing user interfaces to bindable data sources

Related Courses

 
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Upcoming Dates

Oct 28 - 31, 2008
 Toronto
Dec 9 - 12, 2008
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Jan 6 - 9, 2009
 Chicago (Schaumburg)
Jan 13 - 16, 2009
 New York
Jan 13 - 16, 2009
 Ottawa
Jan 27 - 30, 2009
 Toronto
Jan 27 - 30, 2009
 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
Feb 10 - 13, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Mar 10 - 13, 2009
 Los Angeles
Mar 17 - 20, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Apr 14 - 17, 2009
 Chicago (Schaumburg)
Apr 21 - 24, 2009
 New York
Apr 28 - May 1, 2009
 Toronto
Apr 28 - May 1, 2009
 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
May 12 - 15, 2009
 Ottawa

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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight Introduction: Hands-On

 
Course: 975   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course 975 Content
 

Introducing WPF

  • .NET 3 and 3.5 architecture overview
  • Advantages of WPF

Building XAML Windows and Pages

Creating WPF applications in Visual Studio

  • Setting window properties
  • Changing application settings
  • Implementing behaviors in code-behind files
  • Publishing WPF applications with ClickOnce

Applying XAML

  • Adding controls to containers
  • Setting properties in XAML
  • Handling window and control events with C# or VB
  • Opening and controlling other windows

Architecting WPF Programs

Building browser-based applications (XBAP)

  • Loading XAML pages into the browser
  • Moving between pages with the navigation service
  • Hyperlinking to other pages and Web sites

Constructing navigation applications

  • Loading pages into a navigation window
  • Passing data between pages
  • Navigating page history
  • Dragging borderless windows

Designing WPF User Interfaces

Leveraging WPF controls

  • Button
  • TextBox
  • TextBlock
  • Label
  • Checkbox
  • Slider
  • Image
  • Menus
  • Status bars
  • RichTextBox
  • Positioning controls in the Grid and Canvas containers

Managing sophisticated layouts

  • Defining grid rows and columns
  • Assigning controls to grid cells
  • Spanning multiple cells
  • Resizing rows and columns with the GridSplitter
  • Positioning elements with StackPanel and WrapPanel
  • Docking controls to windows using the DockPanel

Styling WPF Controls

Altering the appearance of UI elements

  • Margin
  • Padding
  • Fonts
  • Background
  • Foreground
  • Opacity
  • Transparency
  • Specifying styles using elements
  • Binding styles dynamically

Maintaining consistent styles with resources

  • Naming and extending control styles
  • Modifying elements with control templates
  • Drawing shapes and gradients
  • Adding behaviors to templates using property triggers
  • Designing sophisticated effects with animations

Activating WPF Applications

Exploiting routed events and event triggers

  • Handling bubbling and tunneling events
  • Responding to user interaction with event triggers
  • Streamlining event handling with WPF commands

Interacting with users

  • Utilizing the Open, Save and Print dialogs
  • Assembling custom dialogs

Automating Data Access with Data Binding

Binding control properties with XAML

  • ItemsControl
  • ComboBox
  • ListBox
  • Formatting content with data templates
  • Enhancing forms with scrollable and expandable regions

Simplifying data access with data providers

  • Displaying XML data with the XMLDataProvider and XPath
  • Accessing collections using the ObjectDataProvider
  • Implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged interface
  • Refreshing records automatically using ObservableCollection

Crafting Cross-Platform Silverlight UIs

Building Silverlight script webs

  • Programming XAML with JavaScript
  • Delivering video online with the MediaElement control

Creating Silverlight application projects

  • Employing Silverlight 2.0 controls
  • Coding Silverlight with C# and VB
  • Testing Silverlight UIs with HTML and ASP.NET pages
  • Navigating Silverlight applications
  • Exploiting WCF services

Integrating Silverlight with ASP.NET

  • Accessing the browser
  • Controlling HTML page content
  • Invoking JavaScript functions from Silverlight
  • Calling Silverlight functions from JavaScript
 
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight Introduction: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 975   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,790 Standard Tuition
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$ 2,515 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,484 Government Discount
 

 

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  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
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  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

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