Professional Silverlight 4

Description

Everything .NET developers need to take advantage of Silverlight 4

Silverlight 4 is a major new release of Microsoft's flagship product for building rich, interactive applications that combine animation, graphics, audio, and video. This book, by seasoned Wrox authors and Silverlight experts, gives professional Web developers all the tools necessary to build RIAs using the new Silverlight capabilities. You will gain a complete, thorough understanding of both core and advanced platform concepts, with examples in C#.

Professional Silverlight 4 prepares Web developers to take full advantage of the newest release of the most popular platform for developing rich interactive applications.

Coverage Includes:

* Introduction to Silverlight
* Building Applications with Visual Studio
* Building Applications with Expression Blend 4
* Working with the Navigation Framework
* Controlling Layout with Panels
* Working with Visual Controls
* Accessing Data
* WCF RIA Services
* Out-of-Browser Experiences
* Networking Applications
* Building Line of Business Applications
* Application Architecture
* DOM Interaction
* Securing Your Applications
* Accessing Audio and Video Devices
* Working with File I/O
* Using Graphics and Visuals
* Working with Animations in Silverlight
* Working with Text
* Making It Richer with Media
* Styling and Themes

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Silverlight.

Chapter 2 Building Applications with Visual Studio.

Chapter 3 Building Applications with Expression Blend 4.

Chapter 4 Working with the Navigation Framework.

Chapter 5 Controlling Layout with Panels.

Chapter 6 Working with Visual Controls.

Chapter 7 Accessing Data.

Chapter 8 WCF RIA Services.

Chapter 9 Out-of-Browser Experiences.

Chapter 10 Networking Applications.

Chapter 11 Building Line of Business Applications.

Chapter 12 Application Architecture.

Chapter 13 DOM Interaction.

Chapter 14 Securing Your Applications.

Chapter 15 Accessing Audio and Video Devices.

Chapter 16 Working with File I/O.

Chapter 17 Using Graphics and Visuals.

Chapter 18 Working with Animations in Silverlight.

Chapter 19 Working with Text.

Chapter 20 Making It Richer with Media.

Chapter 21 Styling and Themes.

Appendix A XAML Primer.

Appendix B Testing Silverlight Applications.

Appendix C Building Facebook Applications with Silverlight.

Appendix D Integrating Silverlight into SharePoint 2010.

Appendix E Silverlight Control Assemblies.

Index.