Highlights of WPF
October 28th, 2007
(From the book Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed)
Broad integration
Resolution independence
Hardware acceleration
Declarative programming
Rich composition and customization
Easy deployment
In short, WPF aims to combine the best attributes of systems such as DirectX (3D and hardware acceleration), Windows Forms (developer productivity), Adobe Flash (powerful animation support), and HTML (declarative markup and easy deployment).
