This XAML and MS Expression Blend training course covers core and essential XAML skills. You will gain valuable experience developing XAML code in both Visual Studio and Expression Blend. This course teaches the beginner and intermediate tasks that enable you to build the foundational skills required to develop professional Silverlight and WPF applications (for the Web, Windows desktops, and Windows Phone devices).
By attending XAML and MS Expression Blend workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe XAML-based applications and the tools they can use to build them
- Create vector graphics with both Expression Blend and Expression Design 4
- Create a Silverlight application and a user interface by using various layout controls and other controls from the toolbox
- Work with key parts and logic of a Silverlight application, such as hosting controls, App events, and InitParams
- Create XAML objects programmatically
- Work with Resources, Styles, Control Templates, and Behaviors
- Implement Transforms, Animations, and Visual States in XAML-based applications
- Prototype applications by using SketchFlow
- 1-3 months of professional programming experience with Visual Studio
- Some professional experience in developing either ASP.NET Web applications or Windows Forms desktop applications
The target audience for XAML and MS Expression Blend class is professional developers who have experience creating Windows Forms and ASP.NET Web application with Visual Studio, and who are interested in learning the core and essential XAML programming tasks that are required for professional Silverlight and WPF programming in both Visual Studio and Expression Blend environments.