Ian Griffiths, Book Author, WPF, VS.NET

Ian is a freelance software developer and consultant. He specializes in digital imaging applications, mainly broadcast video and medical imaging systems. When not developing software, Ian works as an instructor and course author for Pluralsight. Ian is also the co-author of three books: Programming WPF, .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell, and Mastering Visual Studio .NET, all published by O'Reilly. Ian is an MVP in C#.

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Presentation: "Windows Presentation Foundation: Not Just a Pretty Face"

Track: .Net Enterprise Development

Time: Wednesday 14:30 - 15:30

Location: St James's Suite

Abstract: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is Microsoft's new platform for building graphical user interfaces on Windows. To date, most of the attention WPF has received has focused on its ability to build visually spectacular applications, but while this makes for impressive demos, it ignores some of the most compelling aspects of the framework. Although less glamorous than graphics, features such as data binding and templates, command routing, and layout make WPF a comprehensively useful platform for building client-side applications. In this talk we will explore some less-examined aspects of WPF that are arguably its most interesting features - features that make WPF useful whether you need impressive visuals or not.