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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780672330148
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0672330148
Label: Sams
Manufacturer: Sams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: October 25, 2008
Publisher: Sams
Studio: Sams

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

Full Color Code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Silverlight is Microsoft’s new web-based User Interface (UI) technology, based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which is introducing many revolutionary concepts in the world of UI development. Silverlight uses XAML, with tools like Expression Design and Expression Blend, to create astonishing UI effects (such as gradients, compositions, and animations.) In addition to the richness of the UI elements, Silverlight 2 allows the use of C# or VB in addition to JavaScript to automate web pages. With Silverlight, you have the power of .NET on multiple platforms (IE and Firefox on Windows, Firefox and Safari on Macintosh, and Firefox on Linux). The author brings you up to speed very quickly with numerous hands-on examples.

• Use XAML to create state-of-the-art user interfaces
• Create XAML transforms and animations
• Design compelling user experiences with Microsoft Expression Blend
• Integrate media into your rich Internet applications
• Program Silverlight with both JavaScript and .NET languages
• Deploy Silverlight content to web pages
• Encode videos with Expression Media Encoder
• Make the most of Silverlight elements, resources, and styles
• Use templates to quickly change your application’s look and feel
• Efficiently debug Silverlight code
• Use design tools to create graphics that import seamlessly into Silverlight

Laurent Bugnion has been a software engineer since 1996. He has worked with many programming languages and environments, including C, C++, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and, since 2002, the Microsoft .NET platform. He has been honored twice as a Microsoft MVP: first for ASP.NET and now for Client Application Development. He blogs about Silverlight and related technologies at http://blog.galasoft.ch.

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Category: Microsoft Programming/Web Programming

Covers: Microsoft® Silverlight 2

User Level: Beginning—Intermediate

$49.99 USA / $54.99 CAN / £31.99 Net UK

Rating: - BASIC SILVERLIGHT
THIS BOOK IS ALL YOU NEED TO LEARN THE BASIC OF SILVERLIGHT.THERE ARE SOME CHAPTERS WHICH WERE BORING WITH UNNECESSARY INFO.BUT OVERALL A GOOD BOOK.

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Rating: - Very thorough and applies to the release version
I previously purchased 'Introducing Microsoft Silverlight' by Laurence Moroney, and it was fine for its time before Silverlight 2 was released. However, do NOT buy any book not based on the release version - way too much has changed from Beta 2 and you will be quickly frustrated.

This was an excellent book! But...first the bad. I think it was a little too basic in parts, particularly when it tried to teach me how to program in C#. One book should not try to be both a beginning tutorial ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent overview of Silverlight 2 for those new to the platform
Laurent has made a special contribution to the Silverlight world with this book: this is something that anyone with some web development can pick up to get started learning about this great new platform. Not a reference book, this is a good overview.

Before this guide, a lot of Silverlight knowledge was held solely by early adopters, and nearly off-limits to casual web developers looking to extend their knowledge from AJAX and the Adobe stack to what Microsoft has to offer.

This ... Read More

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Rating: - Great book on microsoft silverlight 2
This book is a must have, I have recommended to all my friends and family. Kudos to the Author for publishing such a wonderful book.

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Rating: - Very Good Silverlight 2 Introduction
I have given this book four stars based upon it being a Silverlight 2 beginning book.

This really is a beginning Silverlight 2 book; however, it is a very well done beginning book and covers most of the areas that a beginner needs an introduction too.

The unleashed title is unfortunate and misleading.

One very important area of Silverlight 2 is the new Visual State Manager which is covered but only with 3 to 4 pages.

I do highly recommend this book for Silverlight ... Read More

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