Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, 2nd Edition



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Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, 2nd Edition (Microsoft Press) - June 2008Publisher: Microsoft Press - June 21, 2008

ISBN-10: 073562528X, ISBN-13: 9780735625280

Author: Laurence Moroney


320 pages




Book Description
Get a jump on the next release of Silverlight with early insights from a Technical Evangelist on the Microsoft Silverlight team. This guide describes how you can simplify the development and deployment of rich interactive applications (RIAs) by using Silverlight 2 tools with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and the Microsoft .NET Framework. RIAs are Web applications with the features and functionality of full desktop applications. Processing tasks are performed on the client, but data is stored on the server. With Silverlight, RIAs install quickly via a small, on-demand plug-in. This book demonstrates how you can easily use existing skills and tools to deliver next-generation user interfaces and media experiences. You ll discover how to begin building different types of Silverlight-based solutions, generate Silverlight applications dynamically on the server, create an XAML service, and more. The book also features a companion Web site with code samples in Microsoft Visual C# and Visual Basic .

Key Book Benefits:

* Delivers practical, grounded advice from a member of the Silverlight team, including an insider's view of the evolution of this Web presentation technology
* Describes how Silverlight 2 will simplify development and deployment of RIAs with the .NET Framework and Visual Studio 2008
* Provides context about the relationships among Silverlight and the various .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies
* Places RIAs in context for both Web and Windows-based developers
* Features a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic



Table of Contents Summary

Silverlight 2 - Introduction, Silverlight Architecture and User Experience, XAML.
Expression Suite, Expression Encoder, how to use Expression Blend for building Silverlight Applications.

Building a Silverlight Application with Visual Studio, Building a Game with Silverlight 2.

XAML Properties, Brushes, Shapes, Geometries and Clipping.
XAML Controls in Silverlight

XAML Animation and Transformations with Exprerssion Blend
Working with Animation in Expression Blend

Silverlight and the Browser, Page Load Events, Handling errors, Programming UI elements

Silverlight Controls, Presentation and Layout
Button, Checkbox, Image, HyperlinkButton, RadioButton, ListBox, TextBox, TextBlock
Silverlight Control Properties, Events and Methods

More Advanced Controls
DataGrid, DatePicker, Calendar, RepeatButton, ToggleButton, ScrollViewer, Slider and WatermarkedTextBox

How to build a custom Control for Silverlight

Application Connectivity in Silverlight, Connecting with XAML, Connectivity with JavaScript,
ASP.NET AJAX and Web Services

Media, Deep Zoom, Ink
MediaElement Control, Programming MediaElement, VideoBrush for painting Video
InkPresenter Control, MultiScaleImage and Deep Zoom Controls

Silverlight Styles and Templates
Styling Silverlight Application, working with Templates

ASP.NET Controls for Silverlight
Silverlight MediaPlayer Control for ASP.NET

Dynamic Languages in Silverlight
Silverlight with IronPython, Ruby, JavaScript,
Application Examples

Topics also cover
.NET Framework, Visual Basic, Visual C#, General Web Development, Data Access