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Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook

Chapter 2. Resources

In this chapter we will cover:

Using logical resources
Dynamically binding to a logical resource
Using user selected colors and fonts
Using binary resources
Accessing binary resources in code
Accessing binary resources from another assembly
Managing logical resources

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Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step instructions and real world examples

Gain a strong foundation of WPF features and patterns

Leverage the MVVM pattern to build decoupled, maintainable apps

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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.WPF has become the leading technology for developing rich client applications on the Windows platform, packed with features and capabilities. However, WPF is big; in fact, it's huge, causing a steep learning curve for the beginner and even for those already using some WPF features.Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook provides clear recipes for common WPF tasks. It includes detailed explanations and code examples for customizing and enhancing the basic scenarios, while gaining a deep understanding of WPF mechanics and capabilities.WPF is different and requires a different mind-set and approach. This book provides recipes and insights not only in its design but also its practical implementation details.Starting from the foundations of WPF, such as dependency properties and XAML, the book touches on all major WPF aspects, such as controls and layout, resources, and digs deep into its unprecedented data binding capabilities.The book shows data and control templates in action, which allow full customizations of displayed data and controls in a declarative way. Supported by styles and resources makes data binding all the more powerful. The Model View View-Model pattern is presented as an effective way of maximizing decoupling of components, while providing an elegant way of expanding applications while maintaining a tight grip on complexity.The later parts discuss custom elements and controls ñ the ultimate customization mechanism, and looks at multithreading issues, and how .NET 4.5 task parallelism features can enhance application performance.

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Get tips and insights to maximize your productivity

Learn to build complex and flexible user interfaces using XAML

Perform lengthy operations asynchronously while keeping the UI responsive

Get well-versed with WPF features such as data binding, layout, resources, templates, and styles

Customize a control s template to alter appearance but preserve behaviour

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Radovan Sep 19, 2016

I originally learned WPF/XAML haphazardly from the web. This book was great for filling my knowledge gaps; it presents advanced topics in plain language. It's extremely well written and covers just about everything. If you're a beginner, recommend doing some tutorials and a small project first.

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Stephen D. Holle Sep 30, 2014

I've tried a number of tutorials on WPF and always got stuck on the XAML end of it. The step-by-step method with clear explanations used in this book got me over the hump. I'm keeping this one around as a reference.

book guru Apr 30, 2017

Great book. The author explains things very well. I would have liked some more coverage of the MVVM pattern as this was the main reason I purchased the book. Having said that, there aren't many other books with good reviews that cover MVVM. There are some that are dedicated to MVVM but have bad reviews. I considered "C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework" but the MVVM coverage is even less. I will consider getting "Learn WPF MVVM". Again, the other does a great job explaining things so check the online content page and the amount of coverage each topic gets.

T. Ray Humphrey Jun 14, 2015

So many books I've found on WPF cover XAML, of course, but then seem to focus on cool UI features. Data binding gets a passing mention with regard to UI elements but an in-depth treatment is missing. I write business apps and have a data model to bind to my UI. I need to bind objects and sets of objects, and I've found most WPF books lacking in this area. Before this book, my best source was a book on writing Silverlight business applications (poor, dead Silverlight!). I actually bought this book because of a few recipes about business data model binding, but found so much more. I started reading it from the beginning and learned something in every single solution. The author has a great style and explains things clearly.In our current tech world, where product documentation is basically crowd-sourced to third-party forum sites like Stack Exchange, it is often hard to find a source that presents a cohesive view of a product. Don't get me wrong, I love Stack Exchange and use it a lot, but the bigger picture can be lost in code snippets. As this is a cookbook, there is lots of code to look at, but the surrounding text gives a great context for the problem being solved, and I learned some foundational pieces about WPF along the way.Great book!

Karl Feb 16, 2014

So far I have purchased:PRO WPF 4.5 in C#,WPF 4.5 Unleashed,and MVVM survival guide for Enterprise etc..(These are pretty much the only books out there)I have to say this book is the best of them all. I haven't written any reviews for the other books only this one. That's how much i like this book. Trust me if you're new to WPF this book is the best one. Although Pro WPF 4.5 is also very good although it has more information than you really need.High Points of this book:1) Less Garbage to filter out. (I hate it when books go into sooooo much detail that it loses focus)2) Great Step by step guide3) Great Sample projects that are in individual projects(This makes figuring out what's going in the projects so much better, and believe me that this book hasTHE BEST SAMPLE PROJECTS!)4) Over all breakdown Getting Ready Section: Very detailed and easy to follow. Other books just assume you know how to set everything up. How It Works Section: This is very helpful and to the point.OVERALL:I have been studying WPF for about 6 months now and i will tell you that it's not easy to get into. There is a MAJOR learning curve to this. This book is it's well organized, and to the point.

Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook: For C# developers, this book offers a fast route to getting more closely acquainted with the ins and outs of Windows Presentation Foundation. The recipe approach smoothes out the complexities and enhances learning.

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