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WPF Programmer's Reference: Windows Presentation Foundation with C# 2010 and .NET 4 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) ReviewI have to begin by discussing the readability of this book. This is the first full color programming reference book I have read. As WPF is focused on user interface development, the full color print was certainly the right choice. Of course, this required a different grade of paper than I've experienced in other books and initially when I began reading the book, I found myself often double checking that I had not flipped two pages instead of one. After a couple of chapters, I was used to the phenomenon and no longer felt the need to double check the page number often.
The chapters are short, averaging 20 pages, but cover each titled topic. This made for easy reading as I could choose to read one, two or even more chapters depending upon how much time I had available. With many other professional books I have read, the chapters are usually much longer and I often had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter, losing any context, which meant backtracking a few pages when I had the chance to resume reading.
While the chapters cover a lot of material, many seemed to lack the in depth detail I've come to expect from professional reference books. Initially, I was disappointed, particularly in topics I wanted to learn more about and prompted my interest in this book in the first place. However, I soon realized that the chapters were providing me the basic conceptual knowledge and the correct terminology.
And then I discovered the appendices, all sixteen of them. For these alone, this book will remain within reach from or on my desk as long as I am developing applications using WPF.
Since the details are usually lists of properties in large tables, which are difficult to read (also known as "sleeping aides"), I thought the idea of separating them from the topical discussions in the chapters a refreshing idea. It shows how the organization of the material presented in the book is well thought out. Not only do the chapters start with foundation concepts and increase in difficulty as you progress through the book, but they also presents topics in an order that build upon themselves. For example, once past the introductory chapter, tools are discussed, followed by basic controls, followed by methods for styling controls and so forth.
Your level of experience will dictate how you read this book. A beginner will read it from cover to cover, while a more experienced developer will probably skim the initial chapters until they reach concepts they are not familiar with. This is what I did, and even as a developer with years of experience, including having already developed several WPF applications, I still found myself slowing down and reading some of the initial chapters with care. And in the later chapters, I found understandable explanations on topics that I had previously struggled through hours of Google searches, trials & errors, and failed attempts.
I wish I had had access to this book about a year ago! Even while reading this book, I found myself returning to those WPF applications I had previously built and refactoring them. Only slightly. I promise! Yeah, right... (rolls eyes.)
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