Full-color graphics and screenshots throughout make Pro Silverlight 3 in C# an invaluable reference for professional developers wanting to discover the new features of Silverlight 3. Author Matthew MacDonald's expert advice guides you through creating rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive in—no matter what the target platform.
As you learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D and 3D drawing, animations, and media playback, 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. MacDonald provides an comprehensive tutorial written from professional developer to professional developer.
Author(s): Matthew MacDonald (auth.)
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 815
Tags: Programming Techniques
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv
Introducing Silverlight....Pages 1-32
XAML....Pages 33-59
Layout....Pages 61-106
Dependency Properties and Routed Events....Pages 107-134
Elements....Pages 135-181
The Application Model....Pages 183-225
Navigation....Pages 227-251
Shapes and Geometries....Pages 253-289
Brushes, Transforms,and Bitmaps....Pages 291-323
Animation....Pages 325-385
Sound, Video, and Deep Zoom....Pages 387-423
Styles and Behaviors....Pages 425-448
Templates and Custom Controls....Pages 449-490
Browser Integration....Pages 491-516
ASP.NET Web Services....Pages 517-539
Data Binding....Pages 541-584
Data Controls....Pages 585-634
Isolated Storage....Pages 635-656
Multithreading....Pages 657-678
Networking....Pages 679-726
Back Matter....Pages 727-792
