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Multitouch on Windows

NUI Development with WPF and Silverlight

Author: Joshua Blake

Publisher: Manning Publications

Writing status: Chapters 1 and 4 are available through the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP)

Free chapter: Chapter 1 is available for free at www.manning.com/blake.

Publication Date: Fall 2010, but pre-order the MEAP to read chapters as I write them!

Description:
This book teaches WPF and Silverlight developers about Natural User Interface concepts, how to use the multi-touch APIs in WPF and Silverlight, and how to handle common multi-touch user experience and interface design issues.

  • Part 1: Natural User Interface Concepts

    Introduces the core concepts and values of NUIs, and teaches the reader a few useful ideas that will help with planning and developing applications.

  • Part 2: Multi-touch with WPF

    Covers the WPF 4 touch API, including raw touch, manipulations, and Surface Toolkit for Windows.

  • Part 3: Multi-touch with Silverlight

    Shows how to use the Silverlight touch API. Compares the Silverlight touch API with WPF and shows how to get build the missing functionality in Silverlight so you can be productive.

  • Part 4: Applied NUI

    Walks the user through a complete multi-touch NUI application from design to completion.