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  • Copyright 2009
  • Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
  • Pages: 608
  • Edition: 1st
  • Rough Cuts
  • ISBN-10: 0-7686-8583-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-8583-1

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Full Color Code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Silverlight is Microsoft’s new web-based User Interface (UI) technology, based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which is introducing many revolutionary concepts in the world of UI development. Silverlight uses XAML, with tools like Expression Design and Expression Blend, to create astonishing UI effects (such as gradients, compositions, and animations.) In addition to the richness of the UI elements, Silverlight 2 allows the use of C# or VB in addition to JavaScript to automate web pages. With Silverlight, you have the power of .NET on multiple platforms (IE and Firefox on Windows, Firefox and Safari on Macintosh, and Firefox on Linux). The author brings you up to speed very quickly with numerous hands-on examples.

  • Use XAML to create state-of-the-art user interfaces
  • Create XAML transforms and animations
  • Design compelling user experiences with Microsoft Expression Blend
  • Integrate media into your rich Internet applications
  • Program Silverlight with both JavaScript and .NET languages
  • Deploy Silverlight content to web pages
  • Encode videos with Expression Media Encoder
  • Make the most of Silverlight elements, resources, and styles
  • Use templates to quickly change your application’s look and feel
  • Efficiently debug Silverlight code
  • Use design tools to create graphics that import seamlessly into Silverlight

Laurent Bugnion has been a software engineer since 1996. He has worked with many programming languages and environments, including C, C++, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and, since 2002, the Microsoft .NET platform. He has been honored twice as a Microsoft MVP: first for ASP.NET and now for Client Application Development. He blogs about Silverlight and related technologies at http://blog.galasoft.ch.

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Category: Microsoft Programming/Web Programming

Covers: Microsoft® Silverlight 2

User Level: Beginning—Intermediate

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Table of Contents

  

Introduction      1

    About Code in This Book.... 1

    One Year Older..... 2

1     Introducing Silverlight     3

    Where Does Silverlight Come From?... 4

        Automating Web Pages with JavaScript.. 4

        Cascading Style Sheets... 5

        Progressing to DHTML... 6

        Communicating in a Richer Way with AJAX. 7

    Using Third-Party Plug-Ins.... 7

        Using Java Applets.... 7

        Using ActiveX Controls... 8

        Using Flash Applications... 8

    Running on Multiple Platforms... 9

    Making the Web Application Secure... 10

    Introducing Silverlight.net.... 11

    What Do You Need to Run Silverlight?.. 11

    Updating Your Runtime—Automatically.. 12

    Trying Silverlight Demos.... 12

        Playing Chess Against Silverlight.. 13

        Planning Your Trips with the Airline Application. 14

        DeepZooming into the Hard Rock Café.. 15

        Finding More Demos... 15

    What Do You Need to Develop Silverlight?.. 16

        Expression Studio.... 16

        Visual Studio 2008.... 17

    Reading the Documentation... 17

        Browsing the Online Reference.. 18

        Finding More Documentation... 18

        Learning with Tutorials... 18

    Looking into Silverlight’s Future... 19

        Is ASP.NET/HTML/JavaScript Dead?.. 19

    Summary..... 20

2     Understanding XAML     21

    Using XML for Data.... 21

    Using XML for User Interfaces... 23

    Understanding XML Namespaces... 23

    Defining Additional Namespaces... 24

    Creating a Canvas with Children... 25

    Attaching Properties: Canvas.Left and Canvas.Top.. 26

    Documenting Your Markup with XML Comments. 27

    Testing XAML Markup.... 27

        Using Si

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