WPF for the Business Programmer

Pluralsight

Course Summary

There are so many cool things you can do with WPF that would be impossible or very difficult with Windows Forms. In this course you will see some creative ways to use the WPF List Box.

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Course Description

There are so many cool things you can do with WPF that would be impossible or very difficult with Windows Forms. In this course you will see some creative ways to use the WPF List Box. Some screens that you can use right away in your business applications will be presented. You will learn some unique ways to put together user controls to create unique shapes. Finally you will create a shell application to make your WPF application look like Windows 8. This course goes way beyond the basics of WPF to give you some unique insights on how to create business applications.

Course Description

There are so many cool things you can do with WPF that would be impossible or very difficult with Windows Forms. In this course you will see some creative ways to use the WPF List Box. Some screens that you can use right away in your business applications will be presented. You will learn some unique ways to put together user controls to create unique shapes. Finally you will create a shell application to make your WPF application look like Windows 8. This course goes way beyond the basics of WPF to give you some unique insights on how to create business applications.

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Course Syllabus

The Flexible WPF List Box
- 54m 37s

—Course Introduction 1m 45s
—Introduction 1m 10s
—Our First List Box Examples 7m 38s
—A Multi-Line List Box 4m 17s
—A Horizontal List Box 7m 56s
—Change List Box Items using Data Triggers 4m 52s
—Grouping A List Box Items using XAML 7m 29s
—Make a DataTemplate A Resource 4m 44s
—Bind A List to Details 4m 5s
—Add/Edit/Delete with our Detail Screen 9m 58s
—Summary 0m 43s

More Fun with The WPF List Box
- 50m 28s

—Introduction 1m 57s
—Displaying Data in A List Box using The ObjectDataProvider 5m 27s
—Using The XmlDataProvider 5m 44s
—Dynamically Switch Between two Data Templates 5m 31s
—Sorting and Filtering Introduction 0m 58s
—Using A CollectionViewSource to Sort Data 5m 45s
—Change Sort Order Dynamically 5m 23s
—Filtering Data using the CollectionViewSource 3m 42s
—Formatting Data and ValueConverter Classes 1m 45s
—Demo of Formatting Data using XAML 3m 45s
—Using A ValueConverter to format Data 5m 15s
—Data Triggers and Value Converters 4m 45s
—Summary 0m 31s

Develop Business Application Screens in WPF
- 1h 3m

—Introduction 7m 17s
—Use A DockPanel to Layout A Screen 3m 0s
—Use A Grid to Layout A Screen 3m 55s
—UI Tools needed for A Business Application 0m 45s
—Menu System 3m 49s
—Left Justified Vertical Menu System 1m 53s
—About Box 1m 37s
—Login Form 2m 59s
—Creating A Tool Bar 3m 20s
—Using A Status Bar 3m 9s
—Tooltips and Hyperlink Controls 1m 29s
—Window Tips & Tricks 0m 20s
—Creating A Borderless Window 2m 4s
—Creating A Non-Rectangular Window 2m 12s
—A Login Form with no Border and A Shadow 2m 54s
—Using User Controls 0m 57s
—Create an Address User Control 3m 2s
—Set Data on Address User Control 1m 57s
—Load User Control Dynamically at Runtime 2m 13s
—Creating A Business Application Shell 0m 54s
—A WPF Shell with Toolbars, Content Area and Status Bars 4m 23s
—Animating User Controls 8m 43s
—Summary 0m 41s

Create WPF Shapes with Text
- 39m 21s

—Introduction 1m 4s
—Using Border, TextBlock and Shapes Together 7m 9s
—Using Canvas to Create A Shape 7m 13s
—Centering Shapes using ValueConverters/MultiBinding Converters 5m 46s
—Using A ConverterParameter 3m 31s
—Using A Custom Shape User Control 4m 39s
—Creating The Custom Shape User Control 9m 42s
—Summary 0m 17s

Creating A Windows 8 Shell in WPF
- 1h 10m

—Introduction 1m 56s
—An overview of A Windows 8 Shell in WPF 2m 43s
—The Building Blocks of A Windows 8 Shell 3m 41s
—Creating The Main Window for our Shell 2m 55s
—Implementing Minimize, Maximize and Close Button 3m 44s
—ScrollViewer, Tile Usage and Content Area 6m 36s
—Message Broker Introduction 1m 15s
—Using A Message Broker 2m 35s
—The Message Broker Interface and Class 2m 2s
—Passing Messages using The Message Broker 5m 15s
—View Models and The Message Broker 1m 39s
—Building Better Button Controls 0m 45s
—Demo of Building A Better Button Control 7m 35s
—Building an Image Button 5m 55s
—Introduction to Creating A Custom Message Box 0m 39s
—Demo of Creating a Custom Message Box 6m 18s
—Introduction to Creating A Tile 0m 29s
—Demo of Creating A Tile 6m 24s
—Introduction to Launching an Application 0m 40s
—Putting it all Together 6m 31s
—Summary 0m 25s