WPF Tutorial for the Learners

WPF, a short form of Windows Presentation Foundation is a strong framework to build Windows applications. The main concept behind the WPF framework is that the user can develop a rich user interface containing 3D animation and rich colour with minimum code.

In this WPF tutorial, you will able to understand the features which need to build WPF applications and how it could bring a fundamental change in Windows applications. This tutorial has been planned for all the learners who want to get knowledge in WPF to apply it in several types of applications.

What is WPF?

WPF is a vector-based rendering engine which uses hardware acceleration of modern graphics cards to make the UI faster and highly scalable. WPF can be considered as development over WinForms. It provides easy to operate graphical display system for Windows and also offers easy separation between business logic and UI.

WPF application can be deployed in our system as a standalone Desktop program. It can also be hosted as an embedded object in a website.

Advantages of WPF:

In WPF, UI elements are designed in a XAML where behaviours can be easily implemented in procedural languages such as C# and VB.Net. So, it is easy to divide behaviour from the designer code.

With the help of the XAML, programmers can parallel work with the designers. The separation between the UI and its behaviour can allow the programmers to change the look of a control by using templates and styles.

Why Choose WPF?

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   It is the ideal platforms to use if the programmer is require dealing with different types of media.

·   It allows the developer to take the benefit of the .NET class library as it is built on .NET Technology.

     WPF also allows you to create a skinned user interface so that it can help you when you need to load a portion of the UI or want to bind XML data.

·         It supports a flow document model which enables Desktop Publishing quality of the layout.

·         It allows the programmer to use hardware acceleration for drawing GUI to get better performance.

·         In WPF Framework, you can graphically able to design tools on simple XML documents instead of parsing code.

·         WPF build on DirectX instead of WinAPI. It also offers the client computer’s Graphic system that ultimately offering greater graphics rendering power.

·         WPF is resolution independent, thus application that has been developed through WPF can be run on mobile devices or a 20-inch monitor easily.

Features of WPF:

WPF is one of the powerful frameworks to create a Windows Application. It supports so many great features as mentioned below:

• Control inside a Control: It allows defining control inside another control as content.
• Media Services: It provides an integrated system to build user interfaces with common media elements like audio, image and video.
•  Data Binding: WPF has the method to display and cooperate with data between Data object and UI elements on the user interface.
• Animations: WPF can build interactivity and movement on the user interface.
• Direct3D: It allows for displaying more complex graphics and custom themes.
• Alternative input: It supports multi-touch input on Windows 7 and above.
• Templates: It WPF, you can define the look of an element directly with a Template.