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XAML Jumpstart: Getting Started With XAML

By Kevin Dockx
XAML is the language of choice for WPF, Windows Phone, Windows Store, and Silverlight apps. This course is a very demo-driven, practical introduction to XAML, aimed at anyone who wants to get started with XAML.
Course info
Rating
(526)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 17, 2014
Duration
3h 13m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction 2m What's XAML? 3m Why XAML? 2m On Tooling and Demos 2m The First Steps - Demo 11m Summary 1m
Basic Elements, Shapes, Brushes, and Masks
Introduction 3m Visualize: Say Hello to Shapes 1m Shapes - Demo 2m A Special Kind of Shape: The Path 1m Path - Demo 3m How to Paint: The Various Brushes 2m Brushes - Demo 4m On Images and Media 1m Images and Media - Demo 2m One Step Beyond: Masks 2m Masks - Demo 2m Summary 1m
Control Basics and Interacting With Them
A Word on Controls 1m On ContentControl and Relations 2m Templating a Control - Demo 5m Interacting: Routed Events 3m The Anatomy of a Button Click 2m Routed Events and Arguments - Demo 5m Summary 1m
Panels and the Layout System
Introduction 1m Panels 1m Canvas 1m Canvas - Demo 2m StackPanel 0m StackPanel - Demo 1m Grid 1m Grid - Demo 4m Common Layout Properties 4m Common Layout Properties - Demo 2m The Visual Tree 4m The Layout System 3m Summary 1m
Data Binding Essentials
Introduction 2m Data Binding: A First Taste - Demo 4m Source, Target, and Binding Explained 2m On DataContext and Scope 2m DataContext and Scope - Demo 6m Binding Modes and Notifying the UI 3m Binding Modes - Demo 5m Controlling Synchronization Timing 1m Controlling Synchronization Timing - Demo 5m Working With Converters 2m Converters - Demo 6m Summary 1m
Working With ItemsControls
Introduction 1m ItemsControl: A First Taste - Demo 3m A Look Into the Structure of an ItemsControl 2m ItemsPanelTemplate and DataTemplate - Demo 3m What About Different DataTemplates? 1m DataTemplateSelector - Demo 7m Notifying the UI 1m Adding and Removing Items - Demo 4m Summary 1m
Using Resources and Styling Controls
Introduction 3m Working With Resources - Demo 2m Resource Scope 1m Resource Dictionaries 3m Dictionaries and Scope - Demo 4m Introduction to Styles 2m Styling - Demo 3m Style Inheritance 1m Style Inheritance - Demo 3m Summary 1m
Debugging and Analyzing XAML
Introduction and Debugging 1m Debugging - Demo 2m Analyzing XAML With XAML Spy 1m Analyzing XAML With XAML Spy - Demo 3m XAML Tips 2m On Memory Profiling 2m Summary 1m
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
Introduction and Choosing the Right Tool 4m Course Summary 4m What's Next? 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(526)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 17, 2014
Duration
3h 13m
Description

If you're working on an app for WPF, Windows Phone, Windows Store, or Silverlight, you'll probably want to learn what XAML is all about, and that's exactly what this course offers. This course covers the basics of XAML in a very practical, demo-driven way so you can start building apps right away. The topics include syntax, shapes, brushes and masks, common controls, panels, trees, and the layout system, right up to interacting with XAML and data binding. The course also offers an overview of how you can analyze and debug your XAML code. Next to that, it includes plenty of demos and resources.

About the author
Kevin Dockx
About the author

Kevin Dockx is a freelance solution architect (mobile/web), author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium).

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