Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 (Expert's Voice in Web Development)
by Matthew MacDonald
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Author: Matthew MacDonaldEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-04
ISBN: 1590599497
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Apress
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Book Review: Great book! Must Read!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read Matthew McDonald's book Pro WPF to bone up on WPF, XAML, and everything .NET 3.5 has to offer. I have to say that I was impressed by Matthew's writing style, level of detail, and general knowledge that he passed onto the reader. This fact is also the case with Pro Silverlight 2. While WPF has some similarities to Silverlight, the author points out some of the differences (like the lack for EventTrigger support for any event but the Loaded event in the current version).
The book covers all of the major topics, starting with an overview of the basic elements: XAML elements, properties (simple and attached), moving into the subjects of Layout containers, dependency properties, and routed events. He then moves into an overview of the various controls. This overview isn't exhaustive, but gives you a firm foundation. I thought his chapters on shapes, brushes, transforms, audio/video, and animation to be very helpful. It can be difficult to understand how to setup these various features, and Pro Silverlight 2 clarifies it well.
The next section of the book covers the more advanced topics that you would need to know to use Silverlight, such as using web services within ASP.NET/silverlight (a useful topic since Silverlight doesn't use ViewState or server-side technologies because it's running on the client), databinding (which can be challenging due to various levels of nested Silverlight structures), multithreading, and more. He really doesn't leave very many stones unturned in his explanation of the features.
I would highly recommend this book from Apress. Although Silverlight 3 is coming soon, this book will help you understand those fundamentals that will be in the next version.
Summary of Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 (Expert's Voice in Web Development)
Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug?in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It?s a rules?changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it?s able to host true .NET applications in non?Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non?Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.
With four?color graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you?ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you?ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight?all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next?generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial, written from professional developer to professional developer. You?ll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you?re most productive in, no matter what the target platform.
What you?ll learn
- Develop rich media applications using Silverlight across browsers and platforms
- Create a project, set up a layout, and use controls
- Handle 2D drawing, animation, and media playback through Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Integrate web services support
- Use Silverlight in conjunction with ASP.NET and its interactions with HTML
Who this book is for
.NET developers encountering Silverlight for the first time. No prior knowledge of WPF or ASP.NET is assumed.
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