- Animation
- Application design
- ASP.NET
- C#, .NET 3.5
- Controls
- Data access
- Effects
- Expression Blend
- Expression Design
- Game development
- Graphics
- Javascript and AJAX
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Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Microsoft Press - June 21, 2008 ISBN-10: 073562528X, ISBN-13: 9780735625280
Author: Laurence Moroney
320 pages
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
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