Date	Registration
October 26th and 27th 2011	Closed
November 14th and 15th 2011	Open

Module 1: Reusable UI

Lessons

• Resource Reuse
• Template Reuse
• Xaml File Reuse
• Xaml with Codebehind
• UserControl
• Xaml: One per Class
• Runtime Xaml Parsing
• Custom Elements
• Custom Controls
• API Considerations
• Properties
• Commands
• Events: Defining
• Events: Handling
• Contract With Templates
• Themes
• Designer Integration
• Designer Extensibility Options
• Metadata Providers

Module 2: Printing

Lessons

• XPS
• XpsDocumentWriter
• Simple Printing
• Multiple Pages
• Visuals Collator
• DocumentPaginator
• Multi-page XPS
• Asynchronous Printing
• PrintTicket
• PrintDialog
• Queues and Servers

Module 3: Styles

Lessons

• Styles and Properties
• Resources
• Extending Styles
• Style vs Local Properties
• Triggers
• Animation Triggers (Properties)
• Animation Triggers (Events)
• Items Container Style
• Styles, Templates, and Controls

Module 4: Threading and Services

Lessons

• Responsive UI
• WPF Threading Model
• The Golden Threading Rule
• The Golden Responsiveness Rule
• Resolving the Rules
• Async Work
• DispatcherPriority
• DispatcherOperation
• SynchronizationContext
• Asynchronous Options
• v1 Asynchronous Pattern
• Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
• Thread Pool
• Create Your Own Thread
• Data Binding and Threading
• WCF and v1 Async Pattern
• WCF and Data Binding

Module 5: Interop

Lessons

• Interoperability
• Mixing UI Technologies
• WPF and HWNDs
• Interop Not Free
• Limitations of Interop
• Clipping
• Z Order
• Animation
• Opacity Property
• Pseudo Transparency
• Multiple Top-Level Windows
• Input Differences
• Interop Combinations
• Win32 Outside
• Win32 Inside
• HwndHost Keyboard Handling
• Message Pumps
• Windows Forms Outside
• Windows Forms Inside
• Windows Forms and Layout
• Ambient Properties

Module 6: Introduction to PRISM

Lessons

• Getting Started with Prism
• Bootstrapper and the Shell
• Regions
• Modules
• Views
• Communication