Overview/Description Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) along with Visual Studio 2010 enable developers to build sophisticated Windows client applications to run on, and take advantage of the capabilities of the Windows platform. This course introduces the learner to WPF and outlines the application types supported by it, basic application creation, basic configuration, and event handling using Visual Basic 2010. Specific topics covered include creating WPF applications, utilizing WinForms, handling events, and configuring commands and application settings. This course...

Overview/Description Windows applications created using WPF and Windows Forms allow for the inclusion of a variety of media and types in its applications to further the development of rich user interfaces. Using WPF a developer can create two-dimensional or three-dimensional graphics, create and manipulate images, create and modify documents, and also share resources across applications. Specific areas covered include creating and configuring graphics, utilizing images and multimedia in WPF, creating and formatting documents, and utilizing binary and logical resources in WPF applications....

Overview/Description Windows applications allow you to incorporate data from multiple sources into the user interface. This course details how to not only bind controls to data, but also how to convert, validate, and format data in a variety of ways. Specific areas covered include binding to elements, using multiple bindings, utilizing ADO.NET data objects, formatting the display of data, and also data conversion, validation, filtering, sorting, and grouping. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist (TS): Windows...

Overview/Description The ADO.NET Entity Framework provides developers with the tools and framework elements they need to create unique, flexible data applications, while minimizing the amount of code required. This course explores the various ways you can employ the ADO.NET Entity Framework to develop and optimize data applications. Specific topics covered include Entity Data Models, ADO.NET Object Services, POCO support, the EntityClient Provider and Connection Strings, and WCF Data Services. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the...