XAML Jumpstart: Getting Started With XAML
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.
What you'll learn
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.
Table of contents
- 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
About the author
Kevin Dockx is a freelance solution architect, author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium). He's mainly focused on solution/application architectures & security for web-based (API) applications built with .NET, but he also keeps an eye out for new developments concerning other products from the .NET stack. He's a Microsoft MVP and board member of the RD MS Community. He's also a regular speaker at various (inter)national conferences & user group events, and works on various open source pro... more
