Microsoft provides two development tools for WPF applications.
1) Visual Studio:
This is for developers and it is good in code and XAML editing
Download: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008-Express Edition
2) Expression Blend
This is for designers and its covers the graphical part stuff like gradients, template editing, animation, etc
Download: Microsoft Expression Blend 2-SP1
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Introduction to WPF
The Windows Presentation Foundation is Microsoft next generation UI framework to create applications with a rich user experience.With WPF, you can create a wide range of both standalone and browser-hosted applications.It is part of the .NET framework 3.0 and higher.
The core of WPF is a resolution-independent and vector-based rendering engine that is built to take advantage of modern graphics hardware. WPF extends the core with a comprehensive set of application-development features that include Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), controls, data binding, layout, 2-D and 3-D graphics, animation, styles, templates, documents, media, text, and typography. WPF is included in the Microsoft .NET Framework, so you can build applications that incorporate other elements of the .NET Framework class library.
The core of WPF is a resolution-independent and vector-based rendering engine that is built to take advantage of modern graphics hardware. WPF extends the core with a comprehensive set of application-development features that include Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), controls, data binding, layout, 2-D and 3-D graphics, animation, styles, templates, documents, media, text, and typography. WPF is included in the Microsoft .NET Framework, so you can build applications that incorporate other elements of the .NET Framework class library.
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