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Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (Pro - Developer)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780735619579
ISBN: 0735619573
Label: Microsoft Press
Manufacturer: Microsoft Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1020
Publication Date: September 13, 2006
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Studio: Microsoft Press
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Editorial Review:
In this book, Windows programming legend Charles Petzold covers in parallel the two interfaces that make up the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). From the outset, the reader can shift focus seamlessly between Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and C# to see them as flip sides of the same processes. Beginning in the first chapter, Petzold presents the general syntax of the XAML and corresponding programming code with numerous illuminating examples on how the two correspond and interrelate. The book builds on this base, providing the classic Petzold Windows user interface (UI) treatment, to show Windows developers how to create next-generation interfaces for their applications.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If you don't have this book then you don't know WPF!
This book is ESSENTIAL for any WPF engineer. There are so many topics covered in this book that will allow you to take your WPF applications to the next level. Charles' style of writing is fantastic and easy to understand. I wouldn't neccessarily recommend this to be the book to learn WPF fro but consider it an essential source for advanced topics.
Rating: - The dust has settled. This is a terrific book.
Each chapter is well thought out and develops like a good narrative. Chapters are typically 20, 25 pages and thoroughly explain a central concept. They often end with a nice lead-in to the next chapter, like "this works, but what if you wanted to ...?"
When first published, no one knew what WPF things like StackPanels looked like, so people wanted screenshots everywhere. The book uses a series of concise console applications to demonstrate WPF concepts. I'm glad it does. With a screenshot ... Read More
Rating: - It May Not Be Pretty, But It's Pretty Good!
This book seems to have had several negative reviews.
The gist of most people's complaints seem to be:
(a) "There's no XAML until Chapter 19" and/or
(b) "There aren't any pictures".
The Complaints - are they justified?
a. No XAML
People making this complaint have in my opinion totally missed the point for several reasons.
Firstly, this is not Charles Petzold's "How to Write XAML" book. It's a book whose title ... Read More
Rating:  - very disappointing
I've been a Windows developer for around 10 years or so and have read dozens of developer books. This is only the second one I can remember returning.
I had previously read Programming Windows Presentation Foundation (Programming) (which I recommend) but was looking for more. At 900+ pages, and with the good reviews and experience of the author, this book looked like a good choice. Unfortunately, after the first 450 pages, I decided that my time would be much better spent simply rereading the ... Read More
Rating: - I appreciate this book so much
I think that Petzold was reading my mind when he wrote this book. I don't like XML, and I don't like "cheating" with XAML when you can write good clean C#. The first half of this book is entirely C# programming in WPF. I am using this book to help me write an abstraction layer above WPF. That simply would not be possible with XAML, which in my opinion places the design of the application at too low of a level. Petzold leaves no stone unturned, and whenever something seems weird, he doesn't ask us to trust him ... Read More
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