Foundation Expression Blend 3 with Silverlight

Description

The only real tool for developing cross-platform Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) for that last 11 years has been Flash; until now! Silverlight 3 allows you to develop cross-platform Rich Internet Applications in a fraction of the time because of the extensive and very powerful .NET 3.5 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 3 Integrated Development Environment, and an enhanced workflow that allows designers and developers to work on the same set of files at the same time.

* Develop stunning RIAs in a short time.
* Learn some basic Object Oriented Programming Principles.
* Get familiar with the Blend 3 development environment. What you'll learn
* Learn the Blend 3 and Visual Studio 2008 Integrated Development Environments (IDE).
* Learn how to create stunning animations using Silverlight 3 Storyboards.
* Learn how to incorporate video and sound into your RIAs with the Silverlight MediElement.
* Learn about and how to develop quickly using Silverlight 3's reusable resources such as UserControls, ControlTemplates and DataTemplates.
* Learn about the new Visual State Manager and the State panel in Blend 3 to quickly and easily add MouseEnter and MouseLeave states to your UserControls.
* Put everything you have learned together to create a sample Silverlight 3 website. Who this book is for

    Web designers and developers wanting to learn Expression Blend 3 from the ground up. Those who have a background in the development of RIAs and want to learn this technology.

    Table of Contents
* Setting Up the Silverlight Development Environment
* The Blend 3 Integrated Development Environment
* C#, XAML, and Object-Oriented Programming
* Controls
* Storyboards
* Using the VSM and Blend 3's States Panel to Create a Silverlight Media Player
* The Silverlight MediElement
* The WPF Toolkit
* Events and EventHandlers
* Classes and Interfaces
* ControlTemplates, Styles, and Custom UserControls
* Writing a Custom Content Panel
* Building a Sketchflow Prototype
* Putting Everything Together to Build a Sample Silverlight Website