title: WPF quickstart documentation
body: <p>I am totally new to WPF and looking for good quickstart documentation to start with. I will buy the book WPF Unleashed from Adam Nathan, but thats more a reference than a quickstart i think.<br>
  I just want you to tell me your favorite links and books and maybe demo applications concerning wpf development.  </p>
  
  <p>Focus of answers should be on best practices, good readable introductions (i hate the link farms on msdn ;) and comprehensive references.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I will try to assemble all suggestions in a short list sorted by type.
  And please try to give a short reason <em>why</em> you suggest especial that link or that book.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Books:</strong>  </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0672328917" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WPF Unleashed by Adam Nathan</a>   </li>
  <li>Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0</li>
  <li><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0596510373" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Programming WPF by Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Blogs:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.beacosta.com/blog/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blog about data binding in WPF by Beatriz Costa</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.drwpf.com/blog/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ask Dr. WPF</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/a-guided-tour-of-wpf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Guided tour on WPF</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Links:</strong>  </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/msdn/de/presentationfinder/detail.mspx?id=104056" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MSDN Hands-on Lab</a> from Microsoft about WPF</li>
  <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742119.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">msdn on getting started with WPF</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://windowsclient.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">windowsclient.net</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://learnwpf.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lernwpf.com</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/BeginWPF1.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Series of articles on Codeproject</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Some WPF videos on windowsclient.net</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Demo Applications:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.vertigo.com/familyshow.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Family.Show</a> from Vertigo</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/babysmash/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Babysmash</a></li>
  </ul>