--- product_id: 13038680 title: "Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours" brand: "robert eisenbergchristopher bennage" price: "£42.51" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13038680-sams-teach-yourself-wpf-in-24-hours store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours **Brand:** robert eisenbergchristopher bennage **Price:** £42.51 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours by robert eisenbergchristopher bennage - **How much does it cost?** £42.51 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13038680-sams-teach-yourself-wpf-in-24-hours) ## Best For - robert eisenbergchristopher bennage enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted robert eisenbergchristopher bennage brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41pFYQfNsXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars Start Here But Don't End Here *by T***B on Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2012* I chose this book because it has coding examples which, mainly, work. However, important concepts (like DataContext) are glossed over; the goal seems to be developing WPF applications without understanding many of the underlying concepts. In many cases, the book gives you several pages of code to enter, with either no discussion or a minimal discussion of the what-how-and-why of it. One in particular messed me up, and that was trying to figure out how a declared event got subscribed to - and then, in the next chapter, I found that an ObservableCollection was being used, and the correct interfacing had already been set up - but there was no discussion by way of prelude about this in the book, so I went off on a wild goose chase for about 30 minutes, climbing around in Visual Studio Help, until I found the relationship between the ObservableCollection list and the event in question - and THEN I found out that the book example was set up correctly, but I couldn't TELL that it was set up correctly - I thought there was a mistake because here was an event with no subscriber.The examples are in C#, which works for me because that is what I code in, and was the main reason for my chosing this book. But, in one or two cases, important code-behind program elements are left out of the examples - like namespace "using"s. I could figure out what they had to be, but only because I was already experienced in C#. You therefore should really have at least an intermediate level of skill in C# before purchasing this book. If you code in any other language, well, good luck with that.Use this book to get started, but order your second WPF book before finishing this one. Several other users have posted books they've used, but no two of them have posted the same one, so use your own judgement. Borrowing a colleague's book for a dry run might be worthwhile. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book *by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2012* Yes, even though it's March 2012, and the book is a few years old and doesn't cover some of the new features of WPF (datagrid, for example), it is still extremely useful. It covers a large range of topics, from beginner to advanced. It gives you three different example programs to code (just copy code from the book) that give you quite a bit of practice, which I find as the most effective way to learn some pretty complicated stuff. Even though you just have to pretty much copy the code, it's still easy to make mistakes. Finding my mistakes actually helped me learn (and to become a better typist:). There are also several instances where there is some pretty advanced C# code-behind. So, if you're a beginner programmer, be prepared to be challenged in this area, too. Also, be aware that some of the programming examples are designed to teach WPF, and don't use the best code-behind programming (such as the lack of storing data in a database or using serialization).As a note to the authors or potential new authors, it would be awesome to update and expand this book for WPF 4.5 or maybe wait for WPF 5. Also, as I'm a better VB programmer than C# programmer (as are many people), I have to wonder why nobody writes this kind of book for WPF using VB. Why? ### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars Just an introduction at best *by W***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2014* I've been programming for many years and I've gotten started with several other languages using other Sam's "teach yourself" books. I was very disappointed with this one though -- at best it is just an introduction to WPF.The book is organized around several example applications rather than being organized around WPF concepts and using examples to illustrate the material being taught. The example source code is not commented, so with no background in WPF I found it nearly impossible to understand most of what I was typing. The explanatory text, for me anyway, was not adequate to understand everything going on in the example.Since it's organized around the example applications the book is not really useful as a reference either, as are some of the other "teach yourself" books. Different concepts and techniques are covered "a little here, a little there" through the various examples, and each example builds as it goes so I found it difficult to follow any individual section without starting from the beginning of an example.The book mentions that there are various ways to do various things, but does not really explain what they might be, nor why the method used in the example was selected.After spending a couple months working through this book I now know what can be done with WPF and I understand basically how it's structured, but (speaking for myself) I'm still not able to develop any sort of useful application with it. As far as I'm concerned this book has no business being titled Teach Yourself anything in 24 Hours. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13038680-sams-teach-yourself-wpf-in-24-hours](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13038680-sams-teach-yourself-wpf-in-24-hours) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*