WPF fundamentals?

Question

At the University we teach .NET (both VB and C#) using Windows Forms. We want to introduce the concept of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to our advanced course. Which fundamentals of WPF does students need to learn in order to get the basic knowledge of WPF?

The idea is for student to use WPF in at least one of six assignments, and to learn all of these WPF Fundamentals seems a bit daunting. Which three-four basics is considered mandatory?

Thanx for your time!

Answer 1

Here is the list. I prepared for my junior programmer.

1) XAML Basics & Basic controls such as TextBox, Buttons etc.,
2) VisualTree and LogicalTree
3) Bubbling and Tunneling

4) DependencyProperty
5) AttachedProperty

6) DataTemplate
7) ControlTemplate

8) Style

9) DataBinding

Triggers:
10) EventTriggers
11) DataTriggers

MVVM Basics & Commands:
12) DelegateCommand
13) RelayCommand
14) ApplicationCommands
15) RoutedEvent
16) RoutedCommand

Transformations:
17) RenderTransform
18) LayoutTransform

Resources:
19) BinaryResource
20) LogicalResource
21) StaticResource
22) DynamicResource
23) RelativeResource

Panles and Basic Controls:
24) Layouts and Panels
25) UserControl
26) ContentControl
27) Some Controls like Grid, TreeView and Charts

Interfaces and Collections:
28) IValueConverter
29) INotifyPropertyChanged
30) ObservableCollection
31) CollectionViewSource

HTH