Silverlight 2 Bible


ISBN: 978-0-470-37500-6
Paperback
576 pages
October 2008

Product Description
Silverlight 2 is a powerful Internet application and Microsoft’s solution for delivering rich, cross-platform, interactive experiences including animation, graphics, audio, and video for rich internet applications. The Silverlight 2 Bible, will provide you with a strong foundation in Silverlight whereby you will quickly be able to create and deliver a variety of Silverlight applications. This book will show you exactly how to build everything from basic Silverlight-enabled web pages with graphics and video, to professional, Silverlight-enhanced ASP.NET applications that link to powerful back-end services.

The Silverlight 2 Bible will discuss development tools, such as Visual Studio 2008, as well as design tools such as Expression Blend, Expression Encoder and Deep Zoom Composer, which Microsoft has positioned for designing state of the art UI in Silverlight applications.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface.
  • Acknowledgments.
    Introduction.
Part I: Silverlight Basics.
  • Chapter 1: Getting to Know Silverlight.
    Chapter 2: Getting Started with Silverlight.
Part II: Silverlight Design Fundamentals.
  • Chapter 3: Using XAML to Build Declarative Silverlight Applications.
    Chapter 4: Using Expression Blend to Design Silverlight Applications.
    Chapter 5: Encoding Audio, Video, and Images for Silverlight Applications.
Part III: Programming Silverlight Applications.
  • Chapter 6: Using Visual Studio to Program Silverlight Applications.
    Chapter 7: Creating .NET Silverlight Applications.
    Chapter 8: Programming .NET Silverlight Applications.
    Chapter 9: Programming Silverlight Applications with JavaScript.
    Chapter 10: Programming Silverlight Applications with ASP.NET Services and AJAX.
    Chapter 11: Programming Silverlight Applications Using the Dynamic Language Runtime.
    Chapter 12: Programming Custom Silverlight Controls and Libraries.
Part IV: Understanding Silverlight Frameworks.
  • Chapter 13: Using the Silverlight Presentation Framework.
    Chapter 14: Using the Silverlight Communication Framework.
    Chapter 15: Using the Silverlight Data Framework.
Part V: Appendixes.
  • Appendix A: Silverlight Resources.
    Appendix B: Silverlight Control Reference.
    Index.
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