You've seen the sizzle, but what about the steak? In this presentation I will describe Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) for developers. No reflected images. No animated page flipping transitions. No Expression Blend. No Silverlight. Just Visual Studio 2008 and code to actually do stuff. I'll cover the WPF fundamentals, including XAML, dependency properties, data binding, commands, validation, and styles. Then I'll talk about how to use these features to create desktop applications and describe some of the challenges I encountered creating my first WPF applications.

Presented by Joe Wirtley

Joe Wirtley is an independent consultant with twenty years software development experience. He currently works as a .NET architect and developer on both smart client (WPF, WCF) and web (ASP.NET) applications. Before .NET, Joe worked extensively in Delphi and Clipper. He is a member of several user groups in the Cincinnati-Dayton, OH area and has done presentations at user group meetings, Dayton-Cincinnati Code Camp, previous Days of .NET, and CodeMash. You can read his blog at http://joewirtley.blogspot.com/ and see his personal site at http://www.wirtley.com/.