Bea has worked on UI frameworks at Microsoft since 2004, contributing to features of both WPF and Silverlight. In her popular blog, she writes insightful articles and provides detailed samples on WPF data binding and controls. She likes meeting customers and discussing the novel ways in which they use Microsoft technologies. She has a computer science degree from the University of Minho in Portugal. In her free time, Bea enjoys travel, foreign languages, and photography.

Come delve into  Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft's latest frameworks for building rich internet experiences and desktop applications.  Topics covered include: data binding and tips for writing data-driven applications; using styles and templates to customize the appearance of standard controls; and getting the best performance from your data bound application. This presentation assumes you're already familiar with the XAML markup language and the basics of the object model shared by Silverlight and WPF.