Reddit reviews WPF 4.5 Unleashed

For UI on Windows, XAML is the tech to use. A great book that I have always had it’s multiple incarnations is:

WPF 4.5 Unleashed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0672336979/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_odbEAbVJ4WV5T

Unfortunately it will not teach you MVVM which is the supporting pattern that separates your visual from your underlying data. There are plenty of tutorials for that out there.

As mentioned in the other responses, async/await is the way to do async in .NET now. This book was great for that.

Async in C# 5.0
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1449337163/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-fbEAb2F57DYJ

Clear, concise, cheap and short. It does the job.

Any questions send me a DM.

This site is ok: http://wpftutorial.net/Home.html
WPF by Adam Nathan is the best book out there: http://www.amazon.com/WPF-4-5-Unleashed-Adam-Nathan/dp/0672336979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450973915&sr=8-1&keywords=wpf

Ukratko, WPF aplikaciju praviš deklarativnim UI-jem u XML-u i kodom iza koji reaguje na ivente, radi pos'o, itd.. Windows Form aplikacija je sasvim drugi frejmvork sa sopstvenim apstrakcijama i programskim modelom, sve se dešava u kodu. Dve različite .NET UI tehnologije sa istim ciljem, otpr. kao Swing i AWT u Java svetu (ko se seća ovog drugog, nemam pojma da li se to još igde koristi).

Ne postoji jako dobar razlog da danas koristiš Windows Forms, osim ako to nisi koristio do sada i znaš mu sve fore i fazone, a rokovi su pretanki da bi osvajao u procesu novu tehnologiju.

Edit: Ovo je po verovatno najbolja WPF knjiga - WPF Unleashed, tj. bar je bila do pre nekoliko godina, a ovo pamtim kao najbolju Windows Forms knjigu - Windows Forms Programming.