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 On Tooling and Demos 2m Summary 1m The First Steps - Demo 11m What's XAML? 3m Why XAML? 2m
Basic Elements, Shapes, Brushes, and Masks
A Special Kind of Shape: The Path 1m Brushes - Demo 4m How to Paint: The Various Brushes 2m Images and Media - Demo 2m Introduction 3m Masks - Demo 2m On Images and Media 1m One Step Beyond: Masks 2m Path - Demo 3m Shapes - Demo 2m Summary 1m Visualize: Say Hello to Shapes 1m
Control Basics and Interacting With Them
A Word on Controls 1m Interacting: Routed Events 3m On ContentControl and Relations 2m Routed Events and Arguments - Demo 5m Summary 1m Templating a Control - Demo 5m The Anatomy of a Button Click 2m
Panels and the Layout System
Canvas 1m Canvas - Demo 2m Common Layout Properties 4m Common Layout Properties - Demo 2m Grid 1m Grid - Demo 4m Introduction 1m Panels 1m StackPanel 0m StackPanel - Demo 1m Summary 1m The Layout System 3m The Visual Tree 4m
Data Binding Essentials
Binding Modes - Demo 5m Binding Modes and Notifying the UI 3m Controlling Synchronization Timing 1m Controlling Synchronization Timing - Demo 5m Converters - Demo 6m Data Binding: A First Taste - Demo 4m DataContext and Scope - Demo 6m Introduction 2m On DataContext and Scope 2m Source, Target, and Binding Explained 2m Summary 1m Working With Converters 2m
Working With ItemsControls
A Look Into the Structure of an ItemsControl 2m Adding and Removing Items - Demo 4m DataTemplateSelector - Demo 7m Introduction 1m ItemsControl: A First Taste - Demo 3m ItemsPanelTemplate and DataTemplate - Demo 3m Notifying the UI 1m Summary 1m What About Different DataTemplates? 1m
Using Resources and Styling Controls
Dictionaries and Scope - Demo 4m Introduction 3m Introduction to Styles 2m Resource Dictionaries 3m Resource Scope 1m Style Inheritance 1m Style Inheritance - Demo 3m Styling - Demo 3m Summary 1m Working With Resources - Demo 2m
Debugging and Analyzing XAML
Analyzing XAML With XAML Spy 1m Analyzing XAML With XAML Spy - Demo 3m Debugging - Demo 2m Introduction and Debugging 1m On Memory Profiling 2m Summary 1m XAML Tips 2m
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
Course Summary 4m Introduction and Choosing the Right Tool 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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