Part 1 Introducing Silverlight

1 Introducing Silverlight: 1.1 Silverlight and the web; 1.2 Silverlight and WPF; 1.3 Types of Silverlight applications; 1.4 What’s new since the first edition; 1.5 Getting started with Silverlight development; 1.6 Building your first Silverlight web application; 1.7 Summary
2 Core XAML: 2.1 XAML basics; 2.2 Object trees and namescope; 2.3 XAML extensions and type converters; 2.4 Loading XAML at runtime; 2.5 Tools for working in XAML; 2.6 Summary
3 The application model and the plug-in: 3.1 The Silverlight application model; 3.2 Creating the Silverlight plug-in; 3.3 Integrating the Silverlight plug-in; 3.4 Summary
4 Integrating with the browser: 4.1 Silverlight and the HTML DOM; 4.2 Managing the web page from managed code; 4.3 Working with the user’s browser window; 4.4 Bridging the scripting and managed code worlds; 4.5 Hosting HTML in Silverlight; 4.6 Summary
5 Integrating with the desktop: 5.1 Silverlight out of the browser; 5.2 Creating out-of-browser applications; 5.3 Escaping the sandbox—elevated trust; 5.4 Local file access; 5.5 COM automation; 5.6 Controlling the host window; 5.7 Running in full screen; 5.8 Storing data in isolated storage; 5.9 Summary
6 Rendering, layout, and transforming: 6.1 The UIElement and FrameworkElement; 6.2 The rendering process; 6.3 The layout system; 6.4 Render transforms; 6.5 3D projection transforms; 6.6 Summary
7 Panels: 7.1 Canvas 172 n Arranging content of a Canvas; 7.2 The StackPanel; 7.3 The Grid; 7.4 Summary
8 Human input: 8.1 Capturing the keyboard; 8.2 Mouse input; 8.3 Using multi-touch; 8.4 Collecting ink drawings; 8.5 Summary
9 Text: 9.1 The text system; 9.2 Displaying text; 9.3 Embedding fonts; 9.4 Entering and editing text; 9.5 Entering and displaying rich text; 9.6 Summary
10 Controls and UserControls: 10.1 Control; 10.2 ContentControl; 10.3 Button controls; 10.4 ItemsControls; 10.5 Creating UserControls; 10.6 Summary

Part 2 Structuring your application

11 Binding: 11.1 Binding with your data; 11.2 Understanding your binding source; 11.3 Customizing the display; 11.4 Creating data templates; 11.5 Summary
12 Data controls: DataGrid and DataForm: 12.1 The DataGrid; 12.2 The DataForm; 12.3 Annotating for display; 12.4 Summary
13 Input validation: 13.1 The validation example source and UI; 13.2 Exception-based property validation; 13.3 Synchronous validation with IDataErrorInfo; 13.4 Asynchronous validation with INotifyDataErrorInfo; 13.5 Annotating for validation; 13.6 Comparison of validation approaches; 13.7 Summary
14 Networking and communications: 14.1 Trust, security, and browser limitations; 14.2 Connecting to data sources; 14.3 The client HTTP stack; 14.4 Making the data usable; 14.5 Using advanced services; 14.6 Connecting to other Silverlight applications; 14.7 Summary
15 Navigation and dialogs: 15.1 Browser navigation background; 15.2 The Navigation Application template; 15.3 Navigating to pages; 15.4 Navigation out of the browser; 15.5 Showing dialogs and pop-ups; 15.6 Summary
16 Structuring and testing with the MVVM/ViewModel pattern: 16.1 Project setup and traditional code-behind approach; 16.2 Model-View-ViewModel basics; 16.3 Factoring out reusable code; 16.4 Better separation from the UI; 16.5 Testing; 16.6 Summary
17 WCF RIA Services: 17.1 WCF RIA Services architecture, tooling, and template; 17.2 Exposing data with the domain service; 17.3 Filtering, sorting, grouping, and paging; 17.4 Updating data; 17.5 Loose coupling: using presentation models; 17.6 Business logic; 17.7 Authentication and authorization; 17.8 Summary

Part 3 Completing the experience

18 Graphics and effects: 18.1 Shapes; 18.2 Geometry; 18.3 Brushes; 18.4 Effects; 18.5 Summary
19 Printing: 19.1 How Silverlight printing works; 19.2 Printing onscreen Information; 19.3 Multipage printing dedicated trees; 19.4 Summary
20 Displaying and capturing media: 20.1 Audio and video; 20.2 Playlists; 20.3 Interactive playback; 20.4 Using protected content; 20.5 Using the Silverlight Media Framework; 20.6 Working with raw media; 20.7 Using the webcam; 20.8 Summary
21 Working with bitmap images: 21.1 Basic imaging; 21.2 Creating images at runtime; 21.3 Deep Zoom; 21.4 Dealing with dead space; 21.5 Summary
22 Animation and behaviors: 22.1 Animation: it’s about time; 22.2 Mastering the timeline; 22.3 Storyboarding; 22.4 Keyframing; 22.5 Easing functions; 22.6 Behaviors, triggers, and actions; 22.7 Summary
23 Resources, styles, and control templates: 23.1 Being resourceful; 23.2 Giving your elements style; 23.3 Creating templates; 23.4 Dealing with visual states; 23.5 Sharing your visual states; 23.6 Summary
24 Creating panels and controls: 24.1 Creating a custom panel; 24.2 Creating a custom control; 24.3 Summary
25 The install experience and preloaders: 25.1 Handling the “Silverlight not installed” scenarios; 25.2 Using a custom preloader; 25.3 Summary