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Silverlight 2 in Action Chad A. Campbell and John Stockton MEAP Release: October 2007 Softbound print: October 2008 (est.) | 425 pages ISBN: 1-933988-42-8 |
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Table of Contents, MEAP Chapters & Resources
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1. Introducing Silverlight - FREE 2. Harmony with the web - AVAILABLE 3. Managing the Basics - AVAILABLE 4. Handling user interaction - AVAILABLE 5. Working with Data - AVAILABLE 6. Networking and communication - AVAILABLE 7. Managing Multimedia - AVAILABLE 8. Getting a grip on graphics - AVAILABLE 9. Let's Get Animated - AVAILABLE 10. Giving it Style: Templates and Skins - AVAILABLE 11. Enhancing the Experience - AVAILABLE 12. Share the Light: Distribution and deployment - AVAILABLE |
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DESCRIPTION
Microsoft describes Silverlight as a "cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web." That's a really boring description for a really exciting new technology. Anyone who has looked at the demos and gotten a taste of what Silverlight can do knows that Silverlight represents an entirely new level of rich web interface technology for Microsoft developers. With Silverlight 2, developers can use JavaScript, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby to build user-friendly, interactive, and visually-dazzling web applications that work in most major browsers.
Silverlight 2 in Action is the first book to cover Silverlight 2, a far more robust implementation of Silverlight than the current 1 release that supports only JavaScript. The much-anticipated 2 release adds powerful new features along with the ability to code in multiple languages and integrate your work with Visual Studio and the new Expression suite of tools. This book delivers real-world examples and in-depth walkthroughs to help you confidently enhance your web applications using Silverlight 2.
Silverlight 2 in Action devotes extensive coverage to flexible layout components, the extensible control model, the communication framework, and the data-binding features—all cornerstones of software development. Author and Microsoft MVP Chad Campbell also describes rich media and vivid graphical and animation features. The final chapters include a variety of Silverlight deployment scenarios.
In addition to the fundamentals of Silverlight, you'll be introduced to architectural components such as the Silverlight object model. The book addresses the developer/designer collaboration model Silverlight enables, showing the developer how to include the designer effectively in the project workflow. This model is illustrated throughout the examples.
For ongoing reader support, the author will maintain a dedicated book-support website providing up-to-the-minute working examples, complete with source code, all in Silverlight.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
- In-depth discussion of layout management
- Detailed coverage of input controls and skinning for real-world solutions.
- Networking and data-related topics including LINQ and sockets
- Immersive media techniques
- Exploring the rich graphical capabilities and lively animations of Silverlight
- Dynamic downloading and storage of content within Silverlight
- Detailed deployment scenarios in Microsoft and non-Microsoft environments.
- Detailed analysis of the Silverlight object model in relation to the HTML DOM
- Microsoft Expression Blend techniques
About the Authors
Chad Campbell is a Microsoft MVP and solutions architect. He has been developing enterprise-level web applications with a wide variety of technologies since 1999. Beginning with the initial public release of what would become Silverlight in 2006, Chad hit the ground running and has not looked back. He holds MCSD and MCTS certifications. In addition, Chad has a BS degree from Purdue University where he focused his studies on computer science and minored in psychology.
John Stockton has been developing advanced web applications using Microsoft technologies for fortune 500 companies and government agencies for the last decade. He is very active in the local community by speaking at and organizing events and is also an active member of the online Silverlight community. In his free time John enjoys model railroading, woodworking, being active outdoors and playing with his two year old son.
Book Reviews
“For the 3 years or so I have known Chad Campbell, he has been at the vanguard of technologies such as Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). As an early adopter and an active community participant, his incisive and vocal feedback has been valuable to us as we built and iterated over these products. The unique insights he has gained as a result are apparent throughout this book. If you are new to Silverlight, you simply must have this book by your side. Even if you have developed Silverlight applications before, you will find many things in this book you did not previously know.”
—Ashish Shetty, Silverlight Program Manager at Microsoft, from the Foreword
“The book itself is written in an easy to follow style, covering all the elements of Silveright you need to get up and running, while answering those questions in the back of your mind.”
—Richard Costall, MVP, MCSD.NET
About the Early Access Version
This Early Access version of Silverlight 2 in Action enables you to receive new chapters as they are being written. You can also interact with the authors to ask questions, provide feedback and errata, and help shape the final manuscript on the Author Forum
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