Introduction to WPF

What is WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a next-generation presentation system for building Windows client applications with visually stunning user experiences. With WPF, you can create a wide range of both standalone and browser-hosted applications. 

The core of WPF is a resolution-independent and vector-based rendering engine that is built to take advantage of modern graphics hardware. WPF extends the core with a comprehensive set of application-development features that include Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), controls, data binding, layout, 2-D and 3-D graphics, animation, styles, templates, documents, media, text, and typography. WPF is included in the Microsoft .NET Framework, so you can build applications that incorporate other elements of the .NET Framework class library.

This overview is intended for newcomers and covers the key capabilities and concepts of WPF. Experienced WPF developers seeking a review of WPF may also find this overview useful.

Programming with WPF

WPF exists as a subset of .NET Framework types that are for the most part located in the System.Windows namespace. If you have previously built applications with .NET Framework using managed technologies like ASP.NET and Windows Forms, the fundamental WPF programming experience should be familiar; you instantiate classes, set properties, call methods, and handle events, all using your favorite .NET Framework programming language, such as C# or Visual Basic.

To support some of the more powerful WPF capabilities and to simplify the programming experience, WPF includes additional programming constructs that enhance properties and events: dependency properties and routed events. We will discuss Dependency Properties and Routed Events in another chapter.

References

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970268(v=vs.110).aspx

Introduction and one paragraph - Draft

‘Increased use of science and technology to fight crime is an infringement on personal privacy.’ To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is widely believed as a whole society that the most encouraging act carried out by the law enforcement agencies is considered to be the prevention of crime. If these agencies deal with the offences before they even take place, the costs we pay in result of the effects of crime may be entirely evaded. Police play a big role in crime deterrence but it doesn’t mean they are the only people to help us fight misdeeds. In this modern era we have different sorts of technologies helping us to tackle the problems we face to make our environment safe and sound. However, according to Barry Steinhardt (1999) Associate Director of The American Civil Liberties Union, CCTVs could be seen as "intrusive" and do not need to have a warrant, a probable cause or individual suspicion to search anyone. In addition, these technologies are considered not to have much effect on the crime rate as previously thought. In this essay we will undertake two main topics. First we will discuss the available technology to help us fight offensive society; secondly we will come across the consequences of this on personal privacy.

Getting in to the modern age provides us with the whole lot of extraordinary opportunities, as we can communicate around the globe in several ways using the fastest ways ever invented by the human minds in the history so far such as email, mobile phones etc. We probably fall into the most sophisticated age bracket technologically, while speaking in the favour of the other side of the argument. Even this cosmopolitan style of civilization doesn’t help lessen crime ratio. According to the Kervin Harry (2008) the percentage of crime we face now is less than it was 30 years ago but, it is still not acceptable. Thus, here we need to receive the help from up to date technology to experience living in a better environment.

Bibliography:

Harry, K. Net News (2008), ‘Letter: The recent murder and crime in St Vincent’, 25/07/08, viewed 07/08/2008, http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-9374--7-7--.html

Steinhardt, B. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (1999), ‘Law Enforcement Should Support Privacy Laws for Public Video Surveillance’ 04/08/1999, viewed 06/08/2008, http://www.aclu.org/safefree/resources/16782res19990408.html

Note: Due to some restriction of HTML these links are not appearing in less than "<" and greater than ">" tags for this reason just typing them as it is.

Finally, First piece of Introduction

‘We live in a world in which we are dangerously influenced by media images.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement?

A common viewpoint in our society is that the media presents harmful stereotypes to us in several ways every day. Different kinds of media exist which manipulate all of us. News papers, TV, Radio etc. are the prominent media at present. However, this also has the power to educate people through documentaries, visuals, news papers, and movies. The propagation of ideas become very easy since it directly induces comprehensive knowledge to us. Looking at the other side of the picture spending too much time on TV or playing games leads us to develop indolence, violent behaviour and unhealthy diet. In recent years when media and technology are surrounding all over we have started relying on media more than it deserves. Commercials these days don’t even attempt to inform about the product and instead rely entirely on gimmicks. Truthfully, it all depends on individuals how they react against what they see or hear on TV, news papers, magazines or radio. According to Joan Langham and Warren Stewart (1981), children who were found with more aggression in their nature were more likely to watch really different variety of programs to non-aggressive children. Their priority was to focus their attention more towards violent stereotypes and characters, and they had the extensive choice of TV channels. This essay will examine that to what extent our society is influenced by the media specifically whether this consequence is constructive or destructive.

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References:

Langham, J. and Stewart, W. 1981 ‘Television viewing habits, and other characteristics of normally aggressive and non-aggressive children’ Australian Psychologist, viewed 30^th July 2008,

First four sentences of Introduction

'We live in a world in which we are dangerously influenced by media images.' To what extent do you agree with the statement.

1. Different kinds of Media are there which manipulate common people, News paper, T.V, Radio etc are the prominent Media at present.
   
2. The propagation of ideas become very easy since it directly induces comprehensive knowledge in common people.
   
3. Certainly, media have the power to educate people through advertisement, visuals, clippings and film slides.
   
4. The news paper is useful only to literate people whereas T.V and radio covers all the human flock irrespective of literate or illiterate. This essay will examine that to what extent our society is prejudiced by media specifically whether this consequence is constructive or destructive.

23/06/08 - Homework

Introduction, Family, Hobbies & Interests
My name is Sheraz Naseeb and I am studying Msc Software Engineering in London Metropolitan University September 2008 Session. I have done BSc Computer Science and have about 4 years of experience of professional software development. My father is enjoying a very good retired. My mother is a housewife and she is my ideal woman in the whole world for me I have learnt a lot from her in fact I am still learning from her experiences of life, her attitude towards us, her way of dealing other people in the social life and lot more. We are 5 siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters one brother & one sister is elder to me and they both are married, and one brother & one sister is younger to me. We as a family have got very strong emotional bounding with each other and respect each other very much. My elder brother and sister both are married my sister is staying in Qatar with her husband. About the hobbies I would like to say that hobbies can never be the same as you grow up, i.e. when I was a kid I used to play the video games a lot some of them are, Sonic, Mario etc, when I grew up a bit I started playing piano then for some time I played badminton, snooker etc. But at the moment I don’t have any hobby while if we talk about the interests I have only one interest since my childhood to be a generic type of programmer. I developed this interest since I was about 15 years old and it’s still the same in fact getting stronger with the passage of time.

What have I already studied & why did I chose this subject, Plans and career
I have done the BSc. Computer Science (Hons) as my undergraduate programme in which the major was Software Development after completing my degree I started a job as a database programmer and after getting promotions in different times finally I finished my job as a system analyst. After completing my postgraduate I am planning to adopt a career regarding to my professional experience, something in software engineering. Because as a software engineer I believe I can achieve my childhood dream to be a generic type of programmer.

What do I think about London/Briton, British culture, Comparison of British culture with our culture and have I travelled a lot?
First of all I would like to say about London that London is one of the famous cities in the world a bit expensive but that doesn’t matter if we compare this factor to the other facilities available like, free NHS, emergency services, etc. I have not travelled a lot in Briton but still can say would be worth seeing sights. The British nation is really polite and nice while if I compare the British culture with my home culture it’s totally different, there is nothing similar like we wear differently stitched clothes, different type of dishes, except some traditional buildings which we have in both cultures.

Expectations from the course, what do I want to do a lot in my lessons and not so much
My expectations from the course are at the end of the course I would be able to communicate better with the people around me, my classmates, teachers etc. I would have a better command on English as compare to now I have, I would be able to understand lots of new words in English as I would like to do the writings a lot in my course just to have new words added in my vocabulary would like to practice the different words in different scenarios.

Main Self-Study targets for this week
I have set the main self-study by myself by reading the material, articles, newspaper thoroughly and find the new words I don’t have in my vocabulary highlight them and then finding the meaning of them to understand them then after that I’ll post them on my blog for the other classmates to view it and if they would like to give me suggestions on that one would be more than welcome.