WPF Useful Links

Question

These are some useful WPF links that I would like to share with other members:

1- Introduction to WPF

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970268.aspx

2- WPF Architecture

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms750441.aspx

3- WPF Videos

http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx

4- WPF Samples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples

5- WPFpedia

http://www.wpfpedia.com/

6- WPF and Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5

http://blog.csharplearners.com/category/silverlight/

Cheers,

Amir Ahani (MCSD .NET)

 

Answer 1

Hi Amir,

I like your postings. Very useful and up-to-date. Can you provide me more WPF resources? some resources about how to use WPF and Expression Blend side-by-side?

Thanks,

Bryan

Answer 2

Hi Bryan,

I have updated my blog by adding "22 WPF Useful Links" for you. To learn more, please visit the following link:

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/09/18/wpf-links/#more-171

The following are 9 useful links from the same collection:

1-       WPF Official Website

http://windowsclient.net/wpf/

2-      Pete Brown's Blog (Pete Brown is the lead of the Developer Guidance Community Team of WPF at Microsoft)

http://10rem.net/blog

3-      Welcome to the Windows Presentation Foundation Resource Guide

http://www.wpfpedia.com/

From C# Learners

4-       Windows Presentation Foundation (Introduction)

http://blog.csharplearners.com/category/wpf/

From MSDN

5-       Introduction to WPF

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970268.aspx

6-      WPF Architecture

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms750441.aspx

7-       WPF Videos

http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx

8-       WPF Samples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#controls

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#wpfwindowssamples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#layout

9-      What's New in WPF Version 4.5 Developer Preview

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588(v=VS.110).aspx

Amir Ahani (MCSD.NET)

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Answer 3

Hi Bryan,

I have updated my blog by adding "22 WPF Useful Links" for you. To learn more, please visit the following link:

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/09/18/wpf-links/#more-171

The following are 9 useful links from the same collection:

1-       WPF Official Website

http://windowsclient.net/wpf/

2-      Pete Brown's Blog (Pete Brown is the lead of the Developer Guidance Community Team of WPF at Microsoft)

http://10rem.net/blog

3-      Welcome to the Windows Presentation Foundation Resource Guide

http://www.wpfpedia.com/

From C# Learners

4-       Windows Presentation Foundation (Introduction)

http://blog.csharplearners.com/category/wpf/

From MSDN

5-       Introduction to WPF

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970268.aspx

6-      WPF Architecture

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms750441.aspx

7-       WPF Videos

http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx

8-       WPF Samples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#controls

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#wpfwindowssamples

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples#layout

9-      What's New in WPF Version 4.5 Developer Preview

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588(v=VS.110).aspx

Amir Ahani (MCSD.NET)

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I also suggest two useful books by Charles Petzold: "Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation" (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/book.aspx?ID=6476&locale=en-us) and "3D Programming for Windows" (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/book.aspx?ID=10722&locale=en-us)

Bye.

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Luigi Bruno - Microsoft Community Contributor 2011 Award

Answer 4

thanks for sharing, they help a lot for beginner like me.

Answer 5

Thank you very much for sharing very usefull links.

Answer 6

http://www.wpf-training-guide.com

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Best Regards.

Answer 7

Hi Amir, I hope you're doing OK.

Many thanks for sharing these useful links. I'm going to refer it as the online reference for WPF. Nice job.

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Thanks in advance and good luck.
Ahmed M. Gamil
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

Answer 8

Thanks Ahmed Gamil.

I have recently updated my blog with new C# / WPF / Visual Studio / Silverlight / LINQ / PLINQ  articles ( http://blog.csharplearners.com ), please check out my posts. Also, I will try to share more useful WPF links in future.

I suggest you to read the following posts and learn how these tools help you in WPF development:

1- SWF to XAML Convertor

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2012/01/04/flash-swf-xaml-convertor/

2- Adobe Illustrator to XAML Convertor

http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/12/31/adobe-illustrator-xaml-export/

Regards,

Amir Ahani

Answer 9

Some more useful sites for learning WPF and the related concepts like Dependency properties, Databinding, Validations, Styles etc...

WPF basics
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480192.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742119.aspx

Rendering tiers
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742196.aspx

XAML and WPF coding guidelines
http://www.paulstovell.com/blog/xaml-and-wpf-coding-guidelines

Styling & Templating
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms745683.aspx

Resourcing overview (storing templates/styles)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms750613.aspx

Databinding (examples)
http://www.romiller.com/TechBlog/tabid/54/EntryID/1/Default.aspx

WPF Databinding Mix Session
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=322

Data binding overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752347.aspx

Sorting via CollectionViewSource
http://www.beacosta.com/blog/?p=17

Debugging databinding
http://www.beacosta.com/blog/?p=52

Basics of DataContext
http://www.beacosta.com/blog/?p=6

Datacontext continued
http://www.beacosta.com/blog/?p=5

ObservableCollection example
http://www.galasoft-lb.ch/mydotnet/articles/article-2007041201.aspx

Dependency properties (very important that we need)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752914.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/mgrayson/archive/2006/05/22/dependency-properties.aspx

Quick example
http://www.galasoft-lb.ch/mydotnet/articles/article-2007041201.aspx

Databinding validation

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/wpfvalidation.aspx

IErrorDataInfo
http://wpfwonderland.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/better-wpf-binding-in-net-35/

Validation in 3.0 vs. 3.5
http://blogs.msdn.com/wpfsdk/archive/2007/10/02/data-validation-in-3-5.aspx

WPF tricks
http://j832.com/bagotricks/
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/PhysicsFun.aspx
http://wpfdisciples.wordpress.com/

XAMLPadX
http://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archive/2007/12/19/xamlpadx-v3-0.aspx

-Mohammed Ghouse Ibne Barq Kadapavi
http://www.ProgrammersVision.blogspot.com
https://sites.google.com/site/BarqKadapavi

Answer 10

I am also suggesting the following WPF tools:

Adobe Fireworks to XAML Exporter  -->  http://blog.csharplearners.com/2012/01/13/adobe-fireworks-xaml-export/

Adobe Flash to XAML Conversion Tool --> http://blog.csharplearners.com/2012/01/04/flash-swf-xaml-convertor/

Adobe Illustrator to XAML Exporter --> http://blog.csharplearners.com/2011/12/31/adobe-illustrator-xaml-export/

Regards,

Amir Ahani (MCSD.NET)

 

 

 

Answer 11

Hi,

Thankyou. Very helpful links for beginners like me.....!

Thanking you

Abhilash D K

Answer 12

This are good links especially the one that has WPF tutorial video.

http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx

I started with this videos in WPF.

Thank you Amir Ahani.

Answer 13

Addding to you List Amir

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/165368/WPF-MVVM-Quick-Start-Tutorial

Answer 14

How about over 350 free tutorials and articles including free book here:

Learn WPF

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www.c-sharpcorner.com

Answer 15

great job! very useful links for a total beginner like me.

regards

Answer 16

Hi may as you.. how to create windows application like nimbuzz or yahoo massanger using wpf..thank

Answer 17

Thank you Amir, Nice info..

But Ebooks available for WPF?

Answer 18

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Answer 19

Thankyou.. Very helpful links