Wpf in Action with Visual Studio 2008: Covers Visual Studio 2008, Sp1 and .Net 3.5 Sp1

I just finished reading this gem today and I was so impressed that I felt compelled to write a review. Coming from a winforms background, I did my homework going through online articles, tutorials and the likes. In addition, I tend to "consume" books like yesterday's newspapers. This book is my 5th book on the subject and honestly not any of the other books (including the more recent ones for VS2010) comes close to the clarity of explanation and enjoyment of reading that you get from this book. Although the hummer sometimes tends to be childish (and other time really hilarious), you can't help but admire how the authors incorporate their opinion and experience (which I find as useful as the material in the book). My favorite chapters that nowhere else you would find the same level of quality explanation are: = the two chapters on binding = the two chapters on layouts = the two chapters on User Controls and Custom Controls Each of the above is alone is worth the price of the book. The book's "in action" style truly helps put forward the true philosophy of WPF compared to other books and articles that explain features through code snippet or useless apps. English is not my native language and I found the book very clear and approachable so I totally disagree with the reviews downplaying the writing style of the book. Things I did feel the book came short where the negligible coverage of MVVM pattern, the few spelling/grammar mistakes in the text and the fact that both authors seem not to have an active blog (would love to read anything coming from either of them). Bottom line, this book is a one-stop shop to learn WPF and truly enjoy it during the process. Well done Manning, this is a true quality book.

While not the most in-depth book on WPF, this book covers every major feature in WPF. The authors know their audience - developers. Developers want to see a lot of code, and that's what you get in this book; a lot of code and a lot of examples. After going through this book cover to cover (which is rare for me and computer books) I had a very solid foundation on WPF to build upon. If you're new to WPF this is your starting point.

Para ser honesto me cuesta un poco el idioma pero creo que el libro me va a servir mucho para aprender esta nueva tecnología de Microsoft. Me gusta la portada de época medieval. Josué Manuel Pereira ------------ Es de ayuda para aprender de una manera fácil a programar en los lenguajes distintos que se utilizan en los sistemas Windows Vista. Sandra Viviana Gabriela Coy Pacay

The book is written on very clear and easy to read language. The book contains many detailed samples. I found answers on many my problems. This book must be in your WPF-book library.

I concider this book a "must read" for anybody working with WPF. While I now have 6 books specifically on WPF, I find this one to offer a fresh look at a variety of topics, and their examples well documented and easier to work with than other books. This could not be your only book on WPF, as I do not concider this a reference book, but more of a collection of well written tutorials. In that, not all areas of WPF are covered. As an example, unless its buried inside of a topic I have not looked at yet, there is no explaination of drag and drop. Of the topics they do hit, you can expect that you will gain perspective into these areas that you did not have before. I personally found their treatment of custom controls to significantly further my understanding of how to architect my own. The author's style of writting is "kind'a back-woods", which I feel they pulled off well. This style typically scares me, but I must admit that I found my stamina for forging ahead seems higher when I'm "cozied up" to this book. Last word, if you have to have only two books on WPF, get a big fat one with lots of reference such as "Pro WPF in C# 2008", but make this your second book... the one that going to provide you with good experiments and insight into some core topics.