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Course
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Playbook WPF 4: Creating Flexible WPF Business Application Screens
If you want to build great WPF applications, you need to start with good architecture. In this course, you will create some typical business screens using user controls, a message broker, styles, and several other WPF tools to meet this requirement.
What you'll learn
Building business applications in WPF is easier if you have a great starting architecture. After that, you need a few tools such as a splash screen, a message broker, and a design pattern for building business screens. In this course, Playbook WPF 4: Creating Flexible WPF Business Application Screens, you will create a design pattern that you can use to develop your WPF business applications. First, you will learn to create a splash screen to display while your application is loading and how to load controls dynamically. Next, you will explore how to use a message broker to display status messages, build two user controls to display login and user feedback screens, and validate data. Finally, you will discover how to create a design pattern for master/detail screens. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of WPF needed to create any business application. Software required: Visual Studio 2017, .NET 4.5+, SQL Server, WPF.
Table of contents
- Version Check | 15s
- Course Introduction and Goals | 1m 13s
- Demo of Final Application | 1m 20s
- How to Get to the Final Application | 1m 29s
- A WPF Starting Architecture | 56s
- Create Properties for Informational Messages | 1m 32s
- Demo: Create XAML for Splash Screen | 1m 52s
- Demo: Remove Splash Screen after n Seconds | 2m 42s
- Demo: Load Resources in the Background | 2m 57s
- Module Summary | 45s
About the author
Paul loves teaching and technology, and has been teaching tech and business topics for over 30 years. Paul helps clients develop applications, and instructs them on the best use of technology.
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