XAML

"Zammel", the eXtensible Application Markup Language is a universal format for describing user interfaces, for RDA (Rich Desktop Applications) and RIA (Rich Internet Applications).
This language is easy to use, and a loot of tools are provided to build programs using it for the interface.

XAML Tutorial

We start a tutorial of the XAML language and we begin with the Expression Blend environment, the simplest.

To use this tutorial, you have to download Expression Blend 2 and Visual Studio C# Express from the Microsoft site. The first is in beta, the second is the free version of Visual Studio.

Using Expression Blend

Creating a project.
First program with Expression Blend.

The language

Syntax of XAML.
Accessing elements and properties.

License of the tutorial

More information and tools

The XAML language. Description in the Encyclopedia of Programming Languages.
Inkscape. Since the 0.46 version, this vectorial program is compatible with XAML.