Topic 12. Application development with Windows Presentation Foundation

Goal: get to know the WPF architecture, the XAML markup language, and the structure of a WPF Application project; learn to lay out the interface with panels and to use the main controls, routed events, and dependency properties; master creating custom controls, commands, resources, menus, and dialog boxes.

Lecture contents

1. WPF, XAML, and element trees — The WPF technology and its architecture · A WPF project · The XAML markup language · The logical and visual trees
2. Layout and controls — The layout system · Controls and the content model
3. Events and dependency properties — Routed events · Dependency properties
4. Commands, windows, and the Fluent theme — Commands, resources, and binding · Windows and dialogs · The Fluent theme
5. Common mistakes — Common mistakes

Practice and review

• Practice — 3 worked examples with complete code
• Tasks — 30 variants, each with tasks at three difficulty levels
• Summary — conclusions, self-check questions, and useful links