"bitsy/bytesy" = a carryover from mainframes days meaning many lines of detailed code to accomplish something you can say in a few words

For example:
The code below rotates a button while stretching it.
That's a lot of detailed coding!
I realize that with styles and templates you can reuse that code, but that's what I meant by "bitsy/bytesy"
I guess I expected some higher levels tools in the language, but as you suggest most designers are using another tool like Expression Blend and that makes a lot of sense.

   <Button Name="visual" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
        <Button.Content>Test</Button.Content>
        <Button.Triggers>
          <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Button.Click">
            <BeginStoryboard>
              <Storyboard  RepeatBehavior="Forever">
                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="rectangle"
                                 Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.Children[0].AngleY"
                                 To="180" Duration="0:0:15" AutoReverse="True"></DoubleAnimation>
                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="rectangle"
                                 Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.Children[1].Angle"
                                 To="180" Duration="0:0:20" AutoReverse="True"></DoubleAnimation>
                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="rectangle"
                                 Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
                                 To="0.1" Duration="0:0:4" AutoReverse="True"></DoubleAnimation>
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger>
        </Button.Triggers>
      </Button>
      
      <Rectangle Grid.Row="1" Name="rectangle" Width="100" Stretch="Uniform" ClipToBounds="False" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
        <Rectangle.Fill>
          <VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=visual}">
           
          </VisualBrush>
        </Rectangle.Fill>
        <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
          
            <TransformGroup>
              <SkewTransform CenterX="0.5"></SkewTransform>
              <RotateTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5"></RotateTransform>
            </TransformGroup>
          
        </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
      </Rectangle>