Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook: 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows

There are large sections of this book in the kindle version where the format turns to one or two columns of single letters down the page. Sometimes you can kind of figure it out, but other times when you're trying to troubleshoot the code in the book you're screwed. Unfortunately, it happens in some of the most important sections of the book. The MVVM portion of the book is virtually unreadable. Other than this very major flaw, the book is pretty good, but it loses 2 big stars for that. I'm so dissapointed, I did learn alot from the portions I could read. I would stick with the paperback until they fix the kindle version.

This book is great if you're just starting out with WPF. The content consists of code examples (both C# and XAML) with explanations in between. Overall, I would say the majority of this book focuses on the UI of an application.The physical condition of this book is good. The text is clear and easy to read and the pages don't stick together.While this is technically an intro book, there are a few tips here and there that could easily be overlooked if you're used to using the official Microsoft documentation.

Can't find any way to download examples. When I type them in by hand they won't compile. Checked for lexical errors till my eyes crossed. Checked for other errors until I despaired. If any one can help please do and I'll up my rating.

This book was pretty informative up to about page 316 to 330. The text starts to narrow down to one single column of characters. I've been seeing that on another book. Doesn't Amazon proof the digital copy before they release it? I might have to try another book from another author.

WPF is a very large technology set and this book makes it easy to learn much of WPF. The author uses a logical progression and this book will serve as a good reference during application development. Just buy it and consume it.

I've found this book extremely helpful as a new Developer. Unlike many other similar titles, it's clear, concise and easy to follow.

I was the technical reviewer of this book and would like to provide a review of it from my perspective.This "cookbook" style WPF book is a great resource for software developers with a mid-level (or less) understanding of WPF development. More experienced developers will probably still learn a few things, but most of the content is best for those with less experience on the platform. The cookbook format divides lessons into "recipes" with a familiar and consistent approach to teaching the core concepts of WPF development.Every concept that is needed to get up and going with WPF is covered in the book, from controls to binding to styles & templates to MVVM concepts. Later chapters cover more advanced topics like calling WCF services, threading and interop.There are not many current titles for WPF developers out there. I was really happy to see Packt decided to put an updated resource out for today's desktop Windows developer.

Kunal does a fantastic job in laying down a strong foundation for laerning WPF in the first few chapters and goes on to deliver a solid, well-rounded book that covers all the bases. If you have always wanted to get into Windows Presentation Foundation, then you should consider reading his book.Personally, I like the cookbook approach. This book contains many "recipes" allowing the reader to become familiar with the topic. Later chapters are a bit more in depth, showing you how to work with animations and discussing MVVM patterns. I really enjoyed the spread of the chapters, covering a nice portion of WPF.Lastly, Kunal is one of the few authors that delivers superb screenshots... annotating them well so that there is no ambiguity in his explaination of the topic. For me, not professionally having worked much with WPF in the past (apart from the odd pet project), this book definitely belongs on my bookshelf.