Book description
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
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Introducing Silverlight
- Chapter 2 Understanding XAML
- Chapter 3 Playing with XAML Transforms and Animations
- Chapter 4 Expression Blend
- Chapter 5 Using Media
- Chapter 6 Blending a Little More
- Chapter 7 Deploying to a Web Page
- Chapter 8 Programming Silverlight with JavaScript
- Chapter 9 Understanding .NET
- Chapter 10 Progressing with .NET
- Chapter 11 Progressing with Animations
- Chapter 12 Encoding Videos with Expression Encoder
- Chapter 13 Progressing with Videos
- Chapter 14 Letting .NET and JavaScript Talk
- Chapter 15 Digging into Silverlight Elements
- Chapter 16 Digging Deeper Into Silverlight Elements
- Chapter 17 Using Resources, Styling, and Templating
- Chapter 18 Data Binding and Using Data Controls
- Chapter 19 Creating User Controls and Custom Controls
- Chapter 20 Taking Silverlight 2 One Step Further
- Chapter 21 Taking Silverlight 2 Even Further
- Chapter 22 Connecting to the Web
- Chapter 23 Placing Cross-domain Requests and Handling Exceptions
- Chapter 24 Silverlight: Continuing the Journey
- Index
Product information
- Title: Silverlight 2 Unleashed
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2008
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: None
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