Beginning Silverlight 5 in C#

by Robert Lair

Overview

The growing popularity of Web 2.0 applications is increasing user expectations for high-quality website design, presentation, and functionality. It is into this climate that Microsoft is releasing Silverlight 5, the latest iteration of its cross-browser web presentation technology.

Beginning Silverlight 5 in C# brings you to the cutting edge of Web 2.0 application design and includes plenty of practical guidance to get you started straight away. Silverlight design tools have important differences compared with those used to create Ajax and JavaScript functionality. Robert Lair takes you on a tour of all the tools, including:

• Microsoft Expression Design, which plays an important role in creating Silverlight assets
• Microsoft Expression Blend, which is used to build user interaction for Silverlight elements
• Microsoft Visual Studio, which manages the interaction between designers and developers, providing the coding environment for "nuts and bolts" wiring

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you'll move on to gain a more in-depth knowledge of some of the features introduced with Silverlight 5, including H.264 protected content, right-click event handling, a new printing API, and support for the Managed Extensibility Framework.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430234616
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/18/2012
Series:	Expert's Voice in Silverlight
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Robert Lair is the president and chief executive officer of Intensity Software, Inc. and has been working with Microsoft .NET technologies since prior to its initial release in 2000. Among his accomplishments, Robert was on the team that created the original ASP.NET sample application IBuySpy, used to demonstrate the power of ASP.NET. Robert is an active speaker and writer in the development community.

Table of Contents

• Welcome to Silverlight 5
• Introduction to Visual Studio 2010
• Layout Management in Silverlight
• Silverlight Controls
• Data Binding and Silverlight List Controls
• Silverlight Toolkit
• Data Access and Networking
• Navigation Framework
• Isolated Storage in Silverlight
• System Integration in Silverlight
• Introduction to Expression Blend
• Styling in Silverlight
• Transformations and Animation
• Custom Controls
• Printing in Silverlight
• Deployment