RE: Silver light and WPF
- From: "Manish Agrawal" <manish10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:56:49 +0530
look at msdn.microsoft.com...or just Google for wpf getting started
tutorials.
both silverlight and wpf are very similar. silverlight is a tad more
accessible with screen readers although jaws is getting better with wpf very
quickly.
On the other hand, silverlight is slightly harder for a beginner because all
communication with the server side is asynch and so on (you mentioned saving
a value to a DB).
You can also look at the fruitbasket example I posted at Jamal's site some
time ago.
Start by learning the xaml syntax. The designers in vs or expression blend
aren't accessible but with xaml you'll quickly realize you don't need it at
all. In fact, I develop very complex wpf and silverlight UI-based programs
for my clients and all the people in my large team (everyone else is
sighted) use xaml directly rather than muddling with the vs designer or
blend. These are useful tools to learn though and if they are a part of your
course, don't let your teacher let you opt out of these.
as a blind programmer, I don't think we had a more accessible way of
designing thick client UIs before xaml -- the end result we create isn't
currently all that accessible though.
All the database stuff is just regular programming and you should be ok
reading anything there. You may also run into the new microsoft entity
framework where you have to draw a visio diagram for your entity mapping
model. Visio is very accessible but if you do have the entity framework in
your course, drop a line and I can share what I currently do for that.
hope that helps.
-Manish
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Celia Rodriguez
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:40 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Silver light and WPF
Thank you so very much..
God bless
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacques Bosch
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:59 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Silver light and WPF
Found these step by step guides for SilverLight that might be helpful.
http://timheuer.com/blog/articles/getting-started-with-silverlight-developme
nt.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/GettingStartedSilverlight.aspx
http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Tip-of-the-Day-Getting-Started-With-Sil
verlight-2.aspx
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Celia Rodriguez
<celia-rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I am sure you all have much better things to do and are very busy. I have
only one request.
I am to start a summer class in July and I have a little problem. The last
C# classI took touch very little on WPF and I didn't even have to work on
that program because my teacher thought I could not do it.
Well my next teacher does expect me to know something about silver light and
WPf. I want to do this.
Can someone if , you have the time point me in the right direction. I want
to be able to wright a program as simple as enter your name and WRITE IT TO
A DATA BASE OR FILE. Unfortunally I know nothing about this. I
do't even knowwhere to begin. I know I am asking for too much. I have read
about silver light and WPf, but I still don't know where to begin.
If anyone has a little spare time can you help.
I really would not like to , be honest, sound stupid at the beginning of the
class.
Especially when I found that my teachers treat me different because I can't
see.
I want to be able to pull my weight in this class. So I have one month to
learn all about silver light and
WPF.
In advance thank you all that can help .
Celia
PS.
I really would like to create my own little system before I start class. I
know I am asking for too much. But I aim high.
Currently I have VS10.
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