Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008

by Matthew MacDonald

Overview

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It's a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it's able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

With four–color graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you'll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you'll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight—all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next–generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial, written from professional developer to professional developer. You'll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive in, no matter what the target platform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590599495
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/04/2008
Series:	Expert's Voice in Web Development
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Table of Contents

Introducing Silverlight.- XAML.- Layout.- Dependency Properties and Routed Events.- Elements.- The Application Model.- Shapes and Geometries.- Brushes and Transforms.- Animation.- Sound, Video, and Deep Zoom.- Styles, Templets, and Custom Controls.- Browser Intergration.- ASP.NET and Web Services.- Data Binding.- Isolated Storage.- Multithreading.- Networking.