Making the transition from Flash to Silverlight/WPF

For me, one of the most difficult aspects of making the jump from Flash to Silverlight/WPF was finding simple, to the point, tutorials to work from.

There are a few great resources out there now but at the time there was little information available, and what was out there assumed you already know a good deal about C# and .NET.

This made it very frustrating to get going because although I was proficient in AS2, I never really made the transition to AS3 before I dove into WPF and C#. Things that I could code up in AS2 in a matter of minutes became stumbling blocks along the way.

Recently a coworker let me borrow the book Foundation Expression Blend 2 by Victor Gaudioso.

If you’re new to WPF, or a Flash Developer making the difficult transition from ActionScript to XAML/C# this book will give you a great head start. Unlike some other books on the subject this one assumes little about your knowledge of WPF and C# and has a lot of simple tutorials that walk you through projects from end to end.

It seems like a lot books in this space are either written for developers or designers. This one hits that sweet spot in the middle and appeals to the technical designer, which is where a lot of Flash developers fall.

If I had found this when I was getting started it would have saved me a lot of time getting up to speed.