Pluralsight Courses

WPF is a great way to build modern desktop applications. In this course, WPF for the Visual Basic Programmer, you will learn the basics of XAML and how to create a business application using WPF. First, you will discover flow and grid layout for designing screens. Next, you will see how to effectively reuse user controls and apply styles to your controls to make your application look great. Then, you will explore data-binding and the MVVM design pattern to write less code. Finally, you will dive into the powerful WPF ListBox control. When you are finished with this course, you will have gained the skills and knowledge of WPF and XAML to be able to build screens for business applications.

In this course you learn the syntax of the Visual Basic language so when you are done, you will have a foundational knowledge on how to program applications in .NET. First you learn about .NET and Visual Basic for development. Next you learn about variables, operators and constants. You then learn object-oriented principles and how to create reusable DLLs. Collections such as ArrayList, Dictionary and generic List objects are explored next. Finally, you learn about if statements and loop constructs. Along the way you build several reusable DLLs, a WPF application and an MVC application. When you are finished with this course you will have the skills and knowledge to build .NET applications using Visual Basic.

Visual Basic Programmers are still in demand. Upgrade your skills by learning XAML and WPF. This course is specifically designed for the Visual Basic programmer and will get you up to speed quickly with WPF. In Part 2 you will learn the correct way to design WPF windows, how to use styles and all the most commonly used controls for business applications. You will gain a good knowledge of data binding and how to use the various list controls in WPF.

Visual Basic Programmers are still in demand. Upgrade your skills by learning XAML and WPF. This course is specifically designed for the Visual Basic programmer and will get you up to speed quickly with WPF. In Part 1 you will learn the correct way to design WPF windows, how to use styles and all the most commonly used controls for business applications. You will gain a good knowledge of data binding and how to use the various list controls in WPF.