WPF Basics
Hi in this article i am going to explain in short about Windows Presentation Foundation an awesome technology by Microsoft ,personally i enjoyed reading it especially about XAML its really cool a best alternative to VB.net.I thought of putting more effort on VB.NET but once I cam across Windows Presentation Foundation I really stopped working on it,let me tell some intro about WPF(Windows Presentaion Foundation) code name Avalon.I would like to start with a little bit about history.
Definition
“The Windows Presentation Foundation is Microsofts next generation UI framework to create applications with a rich user interface.”
History
Before the release of WPF, UI developers used to concentrate on various services or API to develop desktop applications to produce simple application to high end graphic application. So it was highly necessary for any developer to concentrate on one or more services or API for building high end graphics.
Developers used to concentrate on many API’s to achieve desired functionality and make UI more attracitve
Forms Dialog boxes ,controls — VB6 MFC
2D Graphics System.Drawing.dll
3D Graphics DirectX
Streaming Video Windows Media Player API
FLow/Mixes Documents PDFs API
In WPF all these is achieved with only Windows Presentation Foundation Framework
