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Gill Cleeren     .net 3.0 | WPF     September 3, 2007    

When I came home today from an entire day of meetings, something was waiting at home to cheer me up ;-) . My neighbor brought in a package that was dropped by the mailman at their address, because I wasn't home.

I opened it up, and... it was the new book of Charles Petzold (writer of "Applications = Code + Markup", the first book on WPF that was published last year), 3D Programming For Windows. It's completely focused on WPF programming, and from what I already saw, can serve as a sequel to his first book.

Here's a short description of the book's contents:

Get the practical introduction to programming 3D graphics using the Windows Presentation Foundation – straight from programming legend Charles Petzold. The Windows Presentation Foundation is a key component of .NET Framework 3.0, which is a part of Windows Vista™ and available for Windows XP. With the Windows Presentation Foundation, 3D images can be displayed regardless of the video-display hardware on the user’s machine. This practical guide is the ideal supplement to Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation.

Focusing on developing user interface objects or simple animations, this book builds on a reader’s knowledge of Windows Presentation Foundation essentials to demonstrate how to effectively create 3D graphics for Windows. You get the fundamental information for using the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D application programming interface (API), as well as in-depth coverage of mesh geometries – the key technology that enables 3D graphics. Includes code samples in XAML, with additional code samples in Microsoft Visual C#®.

If you want, you can order it at (international) Amazon or (Belgium) at HCW.

I received it from him as a gift, so Charles, thanks!! I'll start reading very very soon.

  Posted on: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:56:53 AM (Romance Daylight Time, UTC+02:00)   |   Comments [0]
         
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