Vista - 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!!
>
>
>

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!!
>>
>>
>>