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VWP03: Building Data Visualization Applications with WPF & Silverlight

VWP03: Building Data Visualization Applications with WPF & Silverlight. Tim Huckaby Founder / Chairman, InterKnowlogy Founder / CEO, Actus Software Microsoft RD & MVP. About Tim…. InterKnowlogy ( www.InterKnowlogy.com ) Tim Huckaby, Founder/Chairman ( TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com )

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VWP03: Building Data Visualization Applications with WPF & Silverlight

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  1. VWP03: Building Data Visualization Applications with WPF & Silverlight Tim Huckaby Founder / Chairman, InterKnowlogy Founder / CEO, Actus Software Microsoft RD & MVP

  2. About Tim… InterKnowlogy (www.InterKnowlogy.com) • Tim Huckaby, Founder/Chairman (TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com) • Custom Application Development / Consulting / Software & Systems Engineering Firm headquartered in Carlsbad, CA • Design, Architect, Build and Deploy Enterprise Class Applications • Industry Experts: • Most of the employees are published, MVPs, RD, Speakers, etc. • Microsoft .NET Application development since 2000 • Microsoft .NET Rich Client Pioneers / Industry Leaders • Microsoft Touch Application Development Leaders (Surface / Windows 7 / Silverlight 3) • Information Worker Solutions (VSTO & SharePoint) • Integration / Messaging, B2B / B2C, Wireless / Mobility • Leading Edge: Surface, WPF, Silverlight, Win7 touch, SharePoint, VSTO • Cutting Edge Solutions on emerging Microsoft technologies • Largest Client: Microsoft Actus Software (www.Actus-Software.com) • Tim Huckaby, Founder/CEO (TimHuck@Actus-Software.com) • Software Product Company, Coming soon…

  3. A little bit about me and why I am here…

  4. Session Objectives And Agenda Data Visualization: WPF & XAML…and Silverlight…and Surface..and “the phone” Session Objective: To get you excited by showing you “what you can do” so that you start doing it. Why you need Rich Client Applications Rich Client Technology Roadmap Demos, demos, demos!...

  5. About the Computer I am Using Today… • Acer Aspire 1420P • Give away “free” to all attendees at the PDC • One year old… • Price in October-2009: $420 • Price in November-2009: $350

  6. demo WPF 3D:The Scripps Research InstituteVitruViewAutoCad–dwf Viewer Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  7. video Surface WPF 3D:The Scripps Research InstituteVitruView Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  8. History of Surface 2001 The concept of an interactive table is born 2004 A dedicated group is formed, and more than 85 prototypes are developed 2003 The first prototype is presented to Bill Gates 2005 The look and feel of Surface is finalized 2007 Microsoft Surface is unveiled to the world  2011?

  9. What the heck is XAML?

  10. Sample XAML Runs in a WPF Application: Runs in theBrowser:

  11. demo Complex XAML Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  12. WPF, Silverlight and Declarative Programming • XAML replaces code • Attributes control Layout and Style • Event handlers wired-up in XAML • Declarative Data Binding

  13. The Big 5 “XAML-based” Technologies • WPF (Windows XP and above) • Silverlight (Cross Platform for the Browser) • Surface • WPF 4.0 Touch (Windows 7) • Windows® Phone 7 Series

  14. demo WPF, Surface, & SilverlightLibrary of CongressWin7 WPF multi-touchSilverlight Tim Huckaby Founder, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  15. Silverlight… “WPF Light” Lightweight WPF runtime • Modern XAML/event-driven application UI framework • Interactive experiences for devices, PC, & Mac platforms (and others…) • Subset of Windows Presentation Foundation • Lightweight download (4.2mb executable – runtime is larger) • Programming model uses XAML + .NET • Access to XAML tooling XAML-based Tools <XAML> <Button Width="100px"> OK <Button.Background> LightBlue </Button.Background> </Button> </XAML>

  16. demo Silverlight43Things.comInterKnowlogy Wish 43 WP7 Wish43 Tim Huckaby Founder, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  17. Silverlight customer Eclipsys CorporationSilverlight 3 - Enterprise Visibility Real-time Hospital Operations Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  18. Eclipsys MaestroHospital Management

  19. Eclipsys MaestroHospital Management

  20. WPF/SL – how does it work? • Built on Top of Direct 3D • Converted to 3D triangles, textures and other Direct3D objects & then rendered by hardware • Benefits of hardware acceleration & performance due to work being off-loaded to GPUs (unlike GDI based systems) • Ensures the maximum benefit of new hardware and drivers • Software rendering pipeline as fallback

  21. customer EMN8 & REZN8

  22. from our Marketing VP Madeline Pantalone: “It's okay for you to use application for demonstration as long as you are sure to preface it with the phrase: "This is test data only.  Products you see may have been created for testing purposes only." demo WPF Emn8 Tim Huckaby /Founder, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP

  23. Why WPF and Silverlight? • The GDI & USER subsystems were introduced in Windows 1.0 in 1985 • OpenGL – Early 90s • DirectX – 1995 • Goal: Overcome the limits of GDI+ & USER with the productivity of .NET

  24. Audience Participation Time • Does WPF & SL enable me to do something I couldn’t have done before? • No. Unless you factor in time & money… • And would like to do more with less… • Is DirectX dead? • No. It is more applicable to advanced 3D developers writing hard-core “twitch” games. • Are Winforms dead? • No. …but it will not be advanced; the last version was 2.0 in .NET 2005. • WPF / Winforms Integration is simple • Windows 98 Supports WinForms • Does WPF run better on Vista & Win 7 than on XP? • Yes. • 3D objects only get anti-aliasing on Windows Vista or Later • Non-rectangular windows only get hardware acceleration on Vista. • Vista has a driver model that helps with resource contention • Does Silverlight trump all this other WPF Stuff? • One would think so with all the marketing dollars that are being thrown at it…. • But, in Reality the answer is “No” and it makes solution architecture more difficult than ever. • Does HTML5 trump everything XAML? • Doubtful…but, there is wild speculation right now.. • The Next 5 years are going to be “interesting”…

  25. WPF: Where to go Next Free Resources • WindowsClient.net- this is the official Microsoft community portal for WPF development, and is chock full of great resources such as the... • Learn WPF page- this page links to podcasts, labs, and the very popular "how do I?" videos • MIX University's WPF Bootcamp- this is a full 3-day video training course on WPF, in which expert instructors guide you from the surface into the depths of the technology stack

  26. Where to go next • Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) • by Adam Nathan, Daniel Lehenbauer • Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) • by Chris Anderson

  27. Where to go next The InterKnowlogy WPF & Silverlight Reference Applications

  28. Silverlight: Where to go NextFree Resources • http://Silverlight.net - this is the official Microsoft community portal for Silverlight development • http://www.Microsoft.com/Silverlight - This is the official product site • http://developer.windowsphone.com – Free Windows Phone Developer Tools (1 download)

  29. Where to go Next – Silverlight Books Silverlight 4 Unleashed by Laurent Bugnion (September 6, 2010) Essential Silverlight 3 by Ashraf Michail Silverlight In Action by Chad Campbell and John Stockton

  30. Summary • We are at the Edge of the Rich Client revolution • HTML is sufficient for Web Sites, but insufficient for Data Visualization software applications • The Tools, Plumbing and platforms for Rich Client, touch based computing are powerful and available • Within a short time frame computers with touch capability will be the norm. • The .NET stack for Rich Client & Touch Based Software (Surface, WPF & Silverlight) is elegant and powerful • The Concepts of NUI & Data Visualization change the way we design and build software

  31. Your Feedback is Important Please fill out a session evaluation form drop it off at the conference registration desk. Thank you!

  32. Tim Huckaby • Contact me: Tim Huckaby • E-mail: TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com • Phone: • Office: 760-444-8640 • Mobile: 619 990 9200 • Blog: http://team.interknowlogy.com/blogs/timhuckaby • FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/Tim.Huckaby.Carlsbad • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/timhuckaby • More info on InterKnowlogy: • www.InterKnowlogy.com • Silverlight.InterKnowlogy.com • More info on Actus Software: • Coming soon…. • About Tim Huckaby… • Founder/Chairman, InterKnowlogy • Founder/CEO, Actus Software • Microsoft® Regional Director – Southern California • Microsoft® .NET Partner Advisory Council Founder / Member • Microsoft® MVP - .NET • INETA Speaker – International .NET Users Group Association • Board Member: Association for Competitive Technology • Board Member: Dev Connections • Author / Speaker

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