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XAML in a Nutshell

By Lori A.�MacVittie

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Publisher: O'Reilly

Pub Date: March 2006

Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52673-3

Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652673-3

Pages: 302

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Table of Contents �|�Index

When Microsoft releases Windows Vista, the new operating system will support applications that

employ graphics now used by computer games-clear, stunning and active. The cornerstone for

building these new user interfaces is XAML ("Zammel"), the XML-based markup language that works

with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Vista's new graphics subsystem.

An acronym for Extensible Application Markup Language, XAML offers a wealth of new controls and

elements with exciting capabilities, including animation and rendering of 3D graphics. Windows

developers are already jazzed by the possibilities of using XAML for fixed and flow format documents

like PDF and HTML, 2D and 3D vector-based graphics, form development, animation, audio and

video, transparent layering, and a lot more. Many feel that XAML will eliminate the need for multiple

file formats or plug-ins (read: Flash), while lowering development costs and reducing time to market.

The problem is, most developers don't know XAML. While it is fairly easy to understand, you still

need a quick guide to bring you up to speed before Vista's release, and that's where this book's

simple, no nonsense approach comes in.

XAML in a Nutshell covers everything necessary to design user interfaces and .NET applications that

take advantage of WPF. Prerequisites such as Microsoft's new unified build system, MSBuild, and

core XAML constructs and syntax-including shortcuts-are all presented with plenty of examples to get

you started. The Core XAML Reference section lets you dig even deeper into syntax rules and

attributes for all XAML elements with a series of quick-reference chapters. This section divides XAML

elements into logical categories of elements, controls, shapes and geometry, layout, animations, and

transformations for easy reference.

XAML in a Nutshell helps you learn, firsthand, how to use this XML-based markup language to

implement the new generation of user interface graphics. As one reviewer noted, "Strong code

examples and an efficient, conversational style take the tedium out of learning XAML and make the

subject understandable-even interesting."