第一章.Hello,WPF_Chapter 1.Hello,WPF

Chapter 1. Hello, WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation (or WPF, as we will refer to it throughout this book) is a completely new presentation framework, integrating the capabilities of those frameworks that preceded it, including User, GDI, GDI+, and HTML, and heavily influenced by toolkits targeted at the Web, such as Macromedia Flash, and popular Windows applications such as Microsoft Word. This chapter is meant to give you the basics of WPF from scratch and then take you on a whirlwind tour of the things you/'ll read about in detail in the chapters that follow.

I know that "Avalon" is now officially the "Windows Presentation Foundation," but that/'s quite a mouthful and "WPF" is something I/'m still getting used to, so during this difficult transition, please don/'t think less of me when I use the term "Avalon."

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第一章 Hello,WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF,这一简称将在本书中运用)是一套全新的显示框架.它集成了包括User,GDI,GDI+,HTML在内的它之前的框架的功能,而且深受诸如Macromedia公司的Flash(现在应该是属于Adobe吧?)等针对Web的工具以及包括微软Word在内的Windows应用程序的影响.本章旨在带您从头了解WPF的基础知识,随后将为您快速展示将在以后章节中介绍的技术.

我知道"Avalon"计划现在的官方名称为"Windows Presentation Foundation",不过这个称呼未免有些拗口.而截至目前,我还没有适应"WPF"的称呼.所以在这个过渡阶段,请不要介意我使用"Avalon"的名字.