WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a powerful UI technology, and XAML represents a fascinating new way of programming WPF. However, without tools, WPF and XAML get tedious quickly, and a good designer is needed. Microsoft offers a whole set of such tools. This session focuses mostly on Microsoft Expression Blend (used in combination with Visual Studio). This session provides an overview of the goals, features, and characteristics of this tool and shows how to create a small next-generation application using it. This session also shows developers how good looking interfaces can be created using a few simple and repeatable tricks.
Markus Egger
Markus is the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., a custom software development and consulting firm located in Houston, Texas. He specializes in consulting for object-oriented development, Internet development, B2B, and Web services. Markus has written numerous articles for publications including <em>CoDe Magazine asp.netPro Magazine, FoxPro Advisor</em>, Fuchs FoxTalk and Microsoft Office & Database Journal. Markus is the publisher of Component Developer Magazine (CoDe). He is the author of a book on advanced object-oriented programming. You can contact Markus via email megger@eps-software. com or visit him online http://www.epssoftware.com