Programming in WPF

• Knowledge of the basic phrases of software development
• Knowledge of Visual Studio and C#

Audience

• Software developers
• Programmers
• Technical team leader

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is an open-source graphical subsystem framework for rendering user interfaces. It provides tools and resources for creating desktop client applications.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at software developers who wish to develop desktop client applications using the latest version of WPF, C#, and Visual Studio.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn and understand how to use the MSDN resources and tools.
• Support the development process in Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Develop business desktop applications using WPF technology and C# language.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

IDE

• Introduction to Visual Studio
• Creating a project
• Compiling and debugging

Microsoft .NET

• What is .NET?
• CLR and garbage collector
• DLL vs. EXE?
• Technologies within .NET

Foundations of WPF

• History of WPF
• MVVM design pattern
• WPF vs. Windows forms
• Differences between WPF versions

In and Out

• WPF project structure
• XAML, layout, and dependency properties
• Commands and resources
• Events
• Styles and behaviours
• Understanding data binding and data streams

Data Flow

• Data modelling in WPF
• Access to databases
• LINQ
• Entity framework
• CRUD operations
• Data validation

Controls

• Controls review
• WPF toolkit extended
• User controls a custom controls
• Templates

Advanced topics

• Asynchronous and parallel operations
• Inverse of Control (IoC)
• Unity and PRISM

Real World Application

• Developing a system architecture
• Data modelling
• Implementation
• Application testing

Summary and Next Steps