Silverlight Recipes

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in like Flash that delivers rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports a number of different programming languages and techniques (making it cross-platform) and all major browsers (cross-browser support). There is lots of interest in Microsoft's Flash killer and several conferences have seen heavy support for the tech. This book will leverage our existing success in the ASP.NET market and our investment in several Silverlight 3 titles brought to market immediately surrounding the actual Silverlight 3 RTM to target developers interested in practical, ready-to-use code pieces. Readers enjoy these "cut-and-paste" ready solutions that give them a lot of bang for their buck. Additionally, there doesn't appear to be a competitive recipe-style book announced as of this writing.

Auteur

Rob Cameron is an industry architect with the Developer Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft, working on mobility and entertainment solutions. Rob has more than 13 years of solutions architecture and software engineering experience, with the last few years focused on the Internet, mobility, and entertainment space. You can read more about Rob s current work at http://blogs.msdn.com/robcamer.

Résumé

Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your practical companion to developing rich, interactive web applications with Microsoft's latest technology. This book tackles common problems and scenarios that on-the-job developers face every day by revealing code and detailed solutions. You’ll quickly be able to integrate real-world, functioning code into your applications—and save hours of coding time.

The recipes included in Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach have been carefully selected and tested with the professional developer in mind. You'll find problems stated clearly and succinctly, artful solutions explored, and ample discussion of the code and context so you're immediately clear how the solution will support your project.

Enjoy practical coverage of Silverlight development in many projects and contexts, including:

• Designing complete, rich, interactive user experiences
• Manipulating content and the runtime environment through the Silverlight Plug-in Runtime API
• Consuming, transforming, and displaying content in your Silverlight web application through XML, LINQ-based data access, and isolated storage
• Building custom controls for your Silverlight project
• Integrating rich media, including audio and video, to create a very dynamic user interface and experience
• Using new Silverlight features, including .NET Framework integration, the use of dynamic languages like Python and Ruby in Silverlight development, and digital rights management support Find instant solutions, comprehensive Silverlight coverage, and time-saving expert advice, all in Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach.

Contenu

1. A Quick Tour of Silverlight 3 Development
2. Application Design and Programming Model
3. Developing User Experiences
4. Data Binding
5. Controls
6. Browser Integration
7. Networking and Web Service Integration
8. Integrating Rich Media
9. Building LOB Applications