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Microsoft describes Silverlight as a "cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in
for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich
interactive applications for the Web." That's a really boring description for a
really exciting new technology. Anyone who has looked at the demos and gotten a
taste of what Silverlight can do knows that Silverlight represents an entirely
new level of rich web interface technology for Microsoft developers.
With Silverlight 2, developers can use JavaScript, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby
to build user-friendly, interactive, and visually-dazzling web applications that
work in most major browsers.
Silverlight 2 in Action covers Silverlight 2, a far more robust
implementation of Silverlight than the Silverlight 1 release that supports only
JavaScript. The much-anticipated 2 release adds powerful new features along with
the ability to code in multiple languages and integrate your work with Visual
Studio and the new Expression suite of tools.
This book delivers real-world examples and in-depth walkthroughs to help you
confidently enhance your web applications using Silverlight 2.
Silverlight 2 in Action devotes extensive coverage to flexible layout
components, the extensible control model, the communication framework, and the
data-binding features "all cornerstones of software development. Author and
Microsoft MVP Chad Campbell also describes rich media and vivid graphical and
animation features. The final chapters include a variety of Silverlight
deployment scenarios.
In addition to the fundamentals of Silverlight, you'll be introduced to
architectural components such as the Silverlight object model. The book
addresses the developer/designer collaboration model Silverlight enables,
showing the developer how to include the designer effectively in the project
workflow. This model is illustrated throughout the examples.
For ongoing reader support, the author will maintain a dedicated book-support
website providing up-to-the-minute working examples, complete with source code,
all in Silverlight.
Publisher:
Manning
ISBN:
9781933988429
Author:
Campbell, C.
Publication Date:
Nov 2008
Pages:
371
Retail Price:
AU $71.95
Your Price:
AU $58.30
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