VS2008 Training Kit: Building Windows Presentation Foundation Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend

This session was presented by Jaime Rodriguez and is from the Visual Studio 2008 training kit available from http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602397.

Come and learn how to build Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications with the help of the new WPF designer in Visual Studio 2008 This session focuses on the construction of a real-world application demonstrating how to get the best out of the designer's capabilities. Learn the basics of building WPF applications in the Visual Studio 2008 WPF designer; have a clear view on when you'll want to work in XAML Code and on the Visual Studio design surface to get your WPF application built; and see how you can use Microsoft Expression Blend in conjunction with Visual Studio 2008 WPF designer.

Watch the screencast here: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=359715#359715

Screencast: Cider Beta 2 : Styling a WPF application with Blend and Cider

Brief walkthrough on using Blend to style a WPF application originally created with VS 2008 Cider designer; see how you can seamlessly go back and forth between the two tools to get the best out of a developer (intellisense, code wiring, etc.) and designer ( styling, templating) tools for creating WPF applications. This is part 2 in a 2 part series, part 1 is available here: Cider Beta 2 : Feature walkthrough

Watch the screencast(WMV)

Expression Blend WPF and Silverlight Tutorials

Celso Gomes an amazing interactive designer working at Microsoft who is responsible for the beautiful sample applications that ship with Expression Blend came up with Nibbles: a series of "little tutorials for designers" that cover the use of Expression Blend to build WPF and Silverlight content. The site itself is a stunning example of Silverlight, with faded animations and transitions and accordion bars.

Visit the site here: http://www.nibblestutorials.net/

Expression Blend with Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Expression Blend with Silverlight 1.0 Tutorials

Creating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part I
Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part II
Animating Raster Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
Using Expression Blend to Control Silverlight Media Playback

Free Videos For Silverlight And Expression Blend

Lynda.com is offering some free Silverlight training videos
Here is what is offered

1. Overview
Introduction 1:04 1 MB
Overview of WPF 3:45 3.8 MB
Overview of the Expression Suite 2:29 2.9 MB
Downloading and installing Blend 3:29 6.5 MB

2. The User Interface
Overview of the Blend interface 6:43 8.2 MB
The Tools panel 7:16 9.8 MB
The Interaction panel 3:54 5 MB
The Project panel 2:55 2.9 MB
The Properties panel 4:15 4.5 MB
The Resources panel 2:37 2.6 MB

3. Creating and Importing Assets
Importing external assets 4:27 5.1 MB
Drawing in Blend 5:13 5.4 MB
Creating and managing colors 6:05 6.8 MB
Integrating 3D content 6:47 12.6 MB

4. Using WPF Controls
Layout controls 5:41 6.6 MB
Text controls 2:21 2.2 MB
User input controls 1:39 1.3 MB
Other WPF controls 4:35 8.9 MB

5. Animating in Blend
Animation basics 8:28 12.1 MB
Creating animated buttons 10:49 12.8 MB
Animating in 3D 4:32 8 MB

6. Data Binding
Binding to WPF controls 5:35 9.9 MB
Binding to external data sources 6:23 9.9 MB

7. Building a Flickr Browser
Laying out the application 5:54 7.9 MB
Integrating the Flickr RSS data 7:47 9.9 MB
Customizing the ListBox 8:43 14.4 MB
Binding to the data 5:32 10.9 MB
Publishing with Visual Studio 5:11 9.7 MB

8. Other Resources
Other WPF resources 2:47 5.5 MB


Start learning here: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=359&ref=swf