Reading Petzold's Applications = Code + Markup
After Tim Sneath posted that Petzold's WPF book was available I ordered it on Amazon and I received my copy yesterday. I'm only on chapter 2 of 31 and so far I like Petzold's approach of code first and markup later. At first I was skeptical thinking that you could teach ASP.Net via code first and markup later, but would you want to? However, I'm already seeing how this is helping me to understand the basics before I jump into pure xaml (which might also be helping in teaching ASP.Net). Karsten Januszewski is already on chapter 7 and his comments are encouraging:
I'm only to Chapter 7 of 31 chapters and I am riveted. already have that feeling when reading a great novel when you don't want it to end. It actually does read like a novel to me, with a narrative arch as it negotiates its methodical way through the WPF jungle of APIs.
Only on chapter 7! I'd better get back to reading if I ever hope to finish and start writing code + markup. :)
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