Course 70116: Designing, Developing, and Debugging XAML-Based Applications

Introduction This course describes how to lay out a XAML-based application. By adding controls to the user interface, you can organize the user interface to make applications more visually appealing and display and manage data in applications. The course also describes how to develop and debug XAML-based applications. Although WPF and Silverlight applications are types of XAML-based applications, they have some major differences. There are also similarities such as both types of applications need to designate a startup window or page, handle initialization parameters, and work with application-level events. An understanding of the differences and similarities is important for you to be able to develop WPF and Silverlight applications, host a Silverlight application on a web page, and debug XAML-based applications in Visual Studio 2010 and therefore provide error-free applications for the Windows and browser environments. Objectives At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• In this course, you will lay out a XAML-based application. In addition, you will learn to develop and debug XAML-based applications.

Modules & Lessons Laying Out a XAML-based Application Module Introduction Organizing Controls in the User Interface Adding and Manipulating Controls Module Lab Module Follow Up Developing and Debugging XAML-based Applications Module Introduction Developing WPF Applications Developing Silverlight Applications Hosting Silverlight Applications Debugging XAML-based Applications Module Lab Module Follow Up System Requirements To view this course, you need:

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