Silverlight 3 Programmer's ReferenceISBN: 978-0-470-38540-1
Paperback
608 pages
August 2009
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This valuable reference—in full color—explains the
major new release of Silverlight 3 which is dramatically improved
over previous versions and makes the development of powerful Rich
Interactive Applications (RIAs) achievable for everyone. Packed
with examples and written by a highly-seasoned team of developers
and designers, this book guides you through the languages, tools,
and techniques that are used to build applications on the
Silverlight 3 platform (Build 40522). Each chapter provides a
mini-tutorial on the respective topic, and the examples serve to
both educate and inspire you. The information in this book is
structured to help prepare you for the real-world challenges you
may face when building applications on the Silverlight platform. By
the end of the book, you’ll have gained a thorough
understanding of how Silverlight applications are architected,
developed, and designed.
This book covers:
· XAML basics
· Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight Runtime and SDK
Transforming text with render transforms
· Using graphics, visuals and adding media for a richer user experience
· Building application, making it come alive and responding to user activity
· Setting up a control project and using a custom control in an application