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Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference

Overview

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 |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

Author Information

J. Ambrose Little

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Jason Beres

Jason Beres is the Director of Product Management for Infragistics, the world's leading publisher of presentation layer tools. Jason is also one of the founders of Florida .NET User Groups, he is founder of the New Jersey .NET User Group, he is a Visual Basic .NET MVP, he is on the INETA Speakers Bureau, and he is on the INETA Board of Directors. Jason is the author of several books on .NET development, an international speaker, and a frequent columnist for several .NET publications. He also keeps very active in the .NET community.

Grant Hinkson

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Devin Rader

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Joe Croney

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Product Details

  • Published by

    Wrox

  • Publish Date

    August 01, 2009 

  • Print ISBN

    9780470385401

  • eBook ISBN

    9781118059708

  • Imprint

    Wrox

  • Filesize

    15.48 MB

  • Number of Print Pages*

    608

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