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C# .NET 3.5 GUI design [closed]

I'm looking for some programming guides to C# GUI design. I come from the Java camp (where I can happily hand-code Swing/AWT GUIs) and thus don't have a clue where to start :(

Also, what difference (if any) is there between the Windows Presentation Foundation and WinForms?

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Richard Walton Avatar asked Sep 23 '08 15:09

Richard Walton


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Chris Sells seems to be 'dah man' with regard to Windows Forms and WPF:

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/wfbook
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/wpfbook

Also well taking a look at Charles Petzold as well:

http://www.charlespetzold.com/winforms/index.html

MS also have a heap of stuff related to design guidelines and usability from a windows perspective:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa152962.aspx

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Kev Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 01:09

Kev