Get connected with other WPF developers

Hi, bonk and me made the experience that sometimes it is really helpful and/or fun to be able to ask or discuss things directly. For that reason bonk has set up an irc channel on efnet: #wpf - ready for you to join and discuss WPF. You will need an irc client (such as Klient, mIRC or HydraIRC) find a reliable irc server for EFNet (such as irc://irc.blessed.net:6667) and then join #wpf (type /join #wpf in your client) and you're all set.

Book: "Programming Windows Presentation Foundation" from Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths

It's more than two months now that I'm working with WPF and I did a lot with it. The book helps to get into programming WPF and moreover to understand mechanisms and programming model of WPF. The Chapter "Custom Controls" mentions many issues but a it is little bit too short. There could be some more practical examples (I know this is not the intension of that book and perhaps you can write a whole manuscript concerning Custom Controls). The book's structure
is concise which supports efficient work. This book is essential for both: WPF-Beginners in order to understand WPF and of course for more experienced WPF-Programmers in order to have an excellent reference compared to the WinFX Documentation.