General question about using Avalon...

I am about to begin developing a .Net app that will make heavy use of GDI+
to do some CAD-like functionality. It occurred to me that it might be a
good idea to write this app using Avalon (though, at this point, I know next
to nothing about Avalon). I thought that if I did this, I could learn
Avalon, take advantage of its advanced features, and end up with an app that
was a huge step ahead of a GDI+ app.

Does this thinking make sense? Is it possible to develop for Avalon today
in Windows XP if I load up the Winfx beta? If so, I was wondering if
someone might point me in the right direction for getting started in
learning Avalon.

Thanks!!

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"craig" wrote:

> I am about to begin developing a .Net app that will make heavy use of GDI+
> to do some CAD-like functionality. It occurred to me that it might be a
> good idea to write this app using Avalon (though, at this point, I know next
> to nothing about Avalon). I thought that if I did this, I could learn
> Avalon, take advantage of its advanced features, and end up with an app that
> was a huge step ahead of a GDI+ app.
>
> Does this thinking make sense? Is it possible to develop for Avalon today
> in Windows XP if I load up the Winfx beta? If so, I was wondering if
> someone might point me in the right direction for getting started in
> learning Avalon.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>

Craig - it is certainly possible to develop Avalon (now called WPF) apps
today on XP. The steps for doing so with the latest released bits are here
(along with some answers to typically asked questions)
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...18/494506.aspx

As far as getting to know WPF, there are some hands-on labs here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvis...n/default.aspx,
also the WinFX SDK contains a large number of samples demonstrating various
things. There were some interesting WPF-related videos at the PDC this year
in the presentation track that you can watch or download from here
http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/Default.htm

"craig" wrote:

> I am about to begin developing a .Net app that will make heavy use of GDI+
> to do some CAD-like functionality. It occurred to me that it might be a
> good idea to write this app using Avalon (though, at this point, I know next
> to nothing about Avalon). I thought that if I did this, I could learn
> Avalon, take advantage of its advanced features, and end up with an app that
> was a huge step ahead of a GDI+ app.
>
> Does this thinking make sense? Is it possible to develop for Avalon today
> in Windows XP if I load up the Winfx beta? If so, I was wondering if
> someone might point me in the right direction for getting started in
> learning Avalon.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>

Thanks for the response. I am looking forwrad to checking out the links you
listed.

Once again,
Thanks!

"JosephCooney" <JosephCooney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E576CD66-AE35-4C51-828A-3A28B7A51522@microsoft.com...
> Craig - it is certainly possible to develop Avalon (now called WPF) apps
> today on XP. The steps for doing so with the latest released bits are here
> (along with some answers to typically asked questions)
> http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...18/494506.aspx
>
> As far as getting to know WPF, there are some hands-on labs here
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvis...n/default.aspx,
> also the WinFX SDK contains a large number of samples demonstrating
> various
> things. There were some interesting WPF-related videos at the PDC this
> year
> in the presentation track that you can watch or download from here
> http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/Default.htm
>
> "craig" wrote:
>
>> I am about to begin developing a .Net app that will make heavy use of
>> GDI+
>> to do some CAD-like functionality. It occurred to me that it might be a
>> good idea to write this app using Avalon (though, at this point, I know
>> next
>> to nothing about Avalon). I thought that if I did this, I could learn
>> Avalon, take advantage of its advanced features, and end up with an app
>> that
>> was a huge step ahead of a GDI+ app.
>>
>> Does this thinking make sense? Is it possible to develop for Avalon
>> today
>> in Windows XP if I load up the Winfx beta? If so, I was wondering if
>> someone might point me in the right direction for getting started in
>> learning Avalon.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>

I picked up a copy of Chris Sells' book, "Windows Presentation Foundation."
Looks like a great intro to Avalon.

"JosephCooney" <JosephCooney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E576CD66-AE35-4C51-828A-3A28B7A51522@microsoft.com...
> Craig - it is certainly possible to develop Avalon (now called WPF) apps
> today on XP. The steps for doing so with the latest released bits are here
> (along with some answers to typically asked questions)
> http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...18/494506.aspx
>
> As far as getting to know WPF, there are some hands-on labs here
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvis...n/default.aspx,
> also the WinFX SDK contains a large number of samples demonstrating
> various
> things. There were some interesting WPF-related videos at the PDC this
> year
> in the presentation track that you can watch or download from here
> http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC05/Default.htm
>
> "craig" wrote:
>
>> I am about to begin developing a .Net app that will make heavy use of
>> GDI+
>> to do some CAD-like functionality. It occurred to me that it might be a
>> good idea to write this app using Avalon (though, at this point, I know
>> next
>> to nothing about Avalon). I thought that if I did this, I could learn
>> Avalon, take advantage of its advanced features, and end up with an app
>> that
>> was a huge step ahead of a GDI+ app.
>>
>> Does this thinking make sense? Is it possible to develop for Avalon
>> today
>> in Windows XP if I load up the Winfx beta? If so, I was wondering if
>> someone might point me in the right direction for getting started in
>> learning Avalon.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>