Re: Can you recommend really really good WPF books or resources?

Paul van Brenk <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:46:58 -0700
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This book is pretty good... but not the most current.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596510373

Paul

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> Just like my partner somehow managed to "skip" COM and never write 1 LOC
> of it, I managed to skip WPF (for me it's dead and/or hardly supported
> technology, AFAIK it's currently maintained by a single developer at
> Microsoft or something :).
>
> It is, however, heavily used in our company, and while I have great
> people in the company who know it like their lives depend on it, and I'm
> happy to continue living almost w/o having a clue, out of sheer curiosityI'm willing to learn (== code) some WPF (I don't need it
> for my CV or something, just for my pleasure).
>
> Can you guys recommend one or two resources which are kind of "definitive"or "complete" or at least "current", which I can use to bootstrap myself?
> I do need deeply technical book(s), not introductory stuff for newbies.
>
> Thanks!
> Stoyan
>
>
>
> 

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Stoyan Damov <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
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<font><font face=3D"verdana,sans-serif"><font>Just like m</font><font><font=
>y partner <font>somehow </font>managed to &quot;skip&quot; COM<font> and n=
ever write 1 LOC of it</font>, I managed to skip WPF (for me it&#39;s dead =
and/or hardly supported technology, AFAIK it&#39;s curren<font>tly </font>m=
aintained by a single developer at Microsoft or something<font> :)</font>.<=
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<br><font>It is<font>, however, heavily used in our company, and while </fo=
nt></font>I have great people in the company who know it like their lives d=
epend on it, and I&#39;m happy to continue living almost w/o having a<font>=
 clue, out of sheer curiosity</font></font></font></font></font> I&#39;m wi=
lling to learn (=3D=3D code) some WPF (I don&#39;t need <font>it for <font>=
my CV or something<font>, j<font>ust for my pleasure)</font></font></font><=
/font>.<br>



<br><font>Ca<font>n you guys recommend one or two resources</font> </font>w=
hich are kind of &quot;definitive&quot;<font> or &quot;complete&quot; or at=
 least &quot;current&quot;, which I can use to bootstrap myself<font>? I do=
 need deeply <font>technical</font> book(s), not introduct<font>ory </font>=
stuff for newbies.<br>



<br><font>Thanks!<br><font>Stoyan<br><br></font></font></font></font>






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