I held a presentation at NNUG 25th October in Trondheim. The content of the presentation was XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language) and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). The goal was to give the audience a basic knowledge about the fundamentals of these two technologies. I thought that this might give them a head start on learning more about these technologies. I must admit that the learning curve has been quite steep for me. Maybe I’m just a slow learner.

As I have gotten more hands-on experience with these technologies, my knowledge about them has grown. But there were a few fundamental principles I had overseen during the last couple of months and which are crucial to gain XAML/WPF eureka. So I’ve created a reading list for you XAML/WPF newcomers. I hope you find it useful.  I've also posted a link to the source code from the presentation in the end of this post.

XAML

XAML is based on XML and stands for (eXtensible Markup Languageee). It’s a declarative programming language designed for instantiate and initialize .NET objects. Yes, that’s right – a programming language designed for creating instances of .NET objects and set initial values by using XML syntax.

• Learn what XAML is
• Learn the syntax of XAML
• Understand how it works by instantiate and initialize your custom classes
• Use Markup Extension to extend the XAML language
• Others
  • Terminology
• My XAML bookmarks at del.icio.us

WPF

• Introduction to WPF
• Learn and understand the architecture and the important structures of it
  • WPF Architecture
  • Element Tree
• Properties
  • Dependency Properties
    • Dependency Properties explained
    • The Ins and Outs of Dependency Properties
  • Attached Properties
• Events
  • Routed Events Explained
  • Triggers
  • Triggers 2
• Data Binding
  • Beatrice Costa on Data Binding
  • Code Project Article
  • Data Binding with objects
• Resources
• Styling and Templating
  • Styles and Triggers
• My WPF bookmarks at del.icio.us