Sharpen your application development skills with XAML—the markup language used in Microsoft® Silverlight®, Windows® Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows Phone 7. Led by expert authors, you'll learn practical ways to develop rich user interfaces for a variety of web applications with XAML. This hands-on guide is complete with code examples—ideal whether you're a web designer or Microsoft .NET developer.
Discover how to:
- Work with XAML elements, attributes, and controls
- Create user interfaces with the XAML layout system
- Apply attached properties and dependency properties
- Implement XAML markup extensions, including extensions specific to WPF
- Customize the look of XAML elements with styles, and use triggers to control element behavior
- Perform data binding in XAML while exploiting the benefits and avoiding the pitfalls
- Build storyboards to create animations with XAML elements
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