How This Book is Structured

The book is divided into chapters but the overall structure follows a specific logic, so I suggest you read the chapters sequentially—especially if the topic is new to you. The book explains how to build a WPF application from beginning to end. You will start by analyzing the user's requirements before setting out to create the application, and then you'll learn how to work with Microsoft Expression Blend to lay out the user interface that is the essence of the application. On the way you'll learn about Agile development concepts such as Domain Driven Design, Object-Relational Mappers, the business layer, and Service-Oriented Architecture. There is even one chapter dedicated to multithreading and parallel programming ...

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