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Foundation Expression Blend 2

Building Applications in WPF and Silverlight

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Victor Gaudioso
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  • Blend 2 is a huge improvement over Blend, and will expand the existing market

  • The book will be out as soon as possible after release (tentatively scheduled for March/April)

  • It acts as an entry point for existing designers and developers from both sides – Flash users who need to learn Blend for a project, and Microsoft Visual Studio users who need to create a web presence

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Setting Up the WPF Development Environment

    Pages 1-21

  3. The WPF/Blend Workflow and Your First WPF Application

    Pages 23-51

  4. The Blend 2 Integrated Development Environment

    Pages 53-88

  5. C# and XAML

    Pages 91-97

  6. Layout elements

    Pages 99-114

  7. The MediaElement

    Pages 117-138

  8. ControlTemplates, Styles, and Custom UserControls

    Pages 141-164

  9. Events and EventhHandlers

    Pages 167-186

  10. ObservableCollections and the Data Factory

    Pages 189-205

  11. WPF and 3D

    Pages 207-244

  12. DependencyProperties

    Pages 247-265

  13. Case Study a: 3DImageProject

    Pages 267-290

  14. Case Study B: 3DTieFighterProject

    Pages 293-307

  15. Case Study C: SilverlightPagingSystemProject

    Pages 309-322

  16. Case Study D: SilverlightVideoPlayerProject

    Pages 325-331

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 333-349
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About this book

The only real tool available for creating rich media applications, web-based animations, and games has been Flash—until now! WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and Silverlight have opened the door of rich media application development to Microsoft .NET developers. With Microsoft's Blend 2 and Visual Studio 2008, you can now create compelling rich media applications, complete with animations and even 3D!

This book shows you how to take full advantage of Blend's interface, together with and Silverlight's vastly improved designer-developer workflow, guiding you through every step of development from downloading and installing of the development environment through creating finished, functional projects. You'll learn how to create simple drawing applications with the InkCanvas, make tabbed and scrollable interfaces, as well as build fully featured media players, photo galleries, and interactive 3D designs.

Each chapter discusses major WPF and Silverlight features, provides a hands-on tutorial, and explains how that feature is implemented in the real world. In the end, you will have a collection of impressive WPF and Silverlight applications that can be added to your portfolio.

Whether you're an experienced .NET or web developer, or you're just starting out, this book will provide you with all you need to create rich media applications with Expression Blend 2.

About the author

Victor Gaudioso is a senior application engineer at IdentityMine, a top-tier software company specializing in designing and developing cutting edge software applications, creating customized WPF/Blend and Silverlight training programs and creating tools for designers and developers. Victor has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Harrah's, Mattel, NBC/Universal, Disney, Best Buy, GameStop, Vivendi Universal Games, and New Line Cinema, among others. Victor, a former Flash/ActionScript engineer, still stays active in the Flash community by writing articles and tutorials on ActionScript.org, where he is also a moderator.

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