Professional WinFX™ Beta: Covers “Avalon” Windows Presentation Foundation and “Indigo” Windows Communication Foundation

287 Pages·2005·5.171 MB·English

by  Jean-Luc David, Bill Ryan, Ron DeSerranno, Alexandra Young

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Professional WinFX™ Beta:
Covers “Avalon” Windows Presentation
Foundation and “Indigo”
Windows Communication
Foundation
Jean-Luc David, Bill Ryan, Ron DeSerranno,
and Alexandra Young
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Professional WinFX™ Beta:
Covers “Avalon” Windows Presentation
Foundation and “Indigo”
Windows Communication
Foundation
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Professional WinFX™ Beta:
Covers “Avalon” Windows Presentation
Foundation and “Indigo”
Windows Communication
Foundation
Jean-Luc David, Bill Ryan, Ron DeSerranno,
and Alexandra Young
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Professional WinFX™ Beta: Covers “Avalon” Windows
Presentation Foundation and “Indigo” Windows Communication
Foundation
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About the Authors
Jean-Luc Davidis a Toronto-based software developer and consultant. He founded Stormpixel.com in
1998, where he specializes in web design and in developing custom desktop, Tablet and Windows
Mobile applications for his clients. Jean-Luc has written many technical articles for companies such as
ASPToday.com, C|NET and XML.COM. Jean-Luc has the unique distinction of being the first Canadian
to receive the Microsoft .NET MVPAward.
Ron DeSerrannois the founder and CEO of Mobiform Software Ltd. His software development career
first began at the Space and Atmospheric Research Group, Physics Department, at the University of
Western Ontario. He was a Microsoft Certified Trainer and consultant and taught courses in both
NewYork and Toronto. For five years, he was development lead and architect for Rockwell’s flagship
Industrial Automation product RSView, an invaluable tool for globally scaled companies such as Kraft
and General Motors. Other ventures include the establishment of BoardMaster Software and Motivus
Software Ltd. Mr. DeSerranno is considered one of the leading authorities on XML-based graphics
technologies and has been designing and developing world-class software products for many years.
Hiscurrent focus is on WinFX by Microsoft.
Bill Ryanis a Microsoft MVPin Windows Embedded Product group. He’s currently working as a
seniorsoftware developer at InfoPro, Inc in Augusta, Georgia. He is a .NET enthusiast and spends a lot
of time working with bleeding-edge technologies. His favorite areas in technology are ADO.NET, the
Compact Framework, Microsoft Speech Server, Biztalk Server, and Yukon. Outside of technology, his
interests include reading, cult movies, techno-music, and cuckoo clocks. You can usually find Bill in one
of the Microsoft .NET newsgroups, his blog (www.msmvps.com/WilliamRyan) or some of his Web sites
(www.knowdotnet.com, www.devbuzz.com).
Alexandra Youngof Mobiform Software is the team leader for Avalon and XAMLeducation as well as
user interface design for Mobiform’s XAMLDesigner for WinFX, Aurora.
With over six years experience in web, multimedia, and database design, Alexandra has acquired
necessary skills to program in XAML, ASP, ASP.Net, Visual Basic, VB.Net, T/SQL, and C#. Fully under-
standing the tools available to designers and developers has led to her passion for, success in, and drive
to understand and evangelize new software technologies. These skills have been instrumental in the
education of Mobiform’s customers.
Experience in various software products has given Alexandra a full understanding of the limitations
andbenefits of products produced by the likes of Microsoft, Adobe, and Macromedia. This knowledge
has fueled her enthusiasm for the universal benefits of Microsoft’s “Avalon” API and XAMLmarkup
language. She knows that this technology will revolutionize the way we design and build Web and
software applications.
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For my beautiful wife,Miho,who has patiently stood by me and supported
me through the writing of this book. A special thanks goes out to the
David family for their ongoing support.
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