Instant Silverlight 3 solutions! 50+ How-To tutorials for practical development, all with easy-to-use sample code.
- An extensive, ready-to-use code library for building powerful Silverlight 3 rich Internet applications.
- Techniques for using Silverlight with XAML, LINQ, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2008, Ajax, XHTML, RSS, and SQL Server.
- Code solutions for streaming media, widgets, gadgets, vector graphics, 2D, animation, ad banners, mobile device display, debugging, packaging, deployment, and more.
More and more developers are getting started with rich Internet and mobile application development using Microsoft's state-of-the-art Silverlight 3 platform. This book will help them rapidly build production quality code and gain real-world expertise. It brings together proven, tested sample code and step-by-step tutorials for more than 50 of the tasks Silverlight 2 developers need to master in order to build effective applications. Ranging from a few lines to several pages, this book's code samples show how to create interactivity; make the most of streaming and other media content; implement widgets and gadgets; create vector graphics, 2D images, and animations; generate ad banners; and much more.Silverlight 3 How-To ranges across the entire development lifecycle, covering everything from designing user-centered interfaces to visualizing data; working with web services to creating games; serving mobile devices to debugging, packaging, and deploying applications. Along the way, readers will learn how to use Silverlight 3 with a wide variety of complementary Microsoft and industry standard technologies, including XAML, LINQ, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2008, Ajax, XHTML, RSS, and Microsoft SQL Server.
