Summary

A thorough revision of the bestselling Silverlight 4 in Action. This comprehensive guide teaches Silverlight from the ground up, covering all the new v. 5 features in depth. You'll also explore WCF RIA Services, MVVM, and more—with dozens of code samples you can use in Visual Studio 2010 or the free Visual Web Developer 2010 Express.

About the Book
This hands-on guide explores Silverlight from the ground up, covering every feature in rich, practical detail. It is readable and the coverage is comprehensive. You'll master networking, MVVM, and more—with dozens of code samples you can use in Visual Studio or the free Visual Web Developer Express.

Silverlight 5 in Action teaches you how to build desktop-quality applications you can deploy on the web. Beginners will appreciate the progression from simple examples to full applications that employ good design and coding practices. Seasoned . NET developers will love how the sample code embraces and extends what they already know.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

What's Inside

• 2D and 3D graphics and animation

• Business application services, rules, and validation

• The MVVM pattern and testing

• Free appendixes (150 pages) available online

• A background in C# or VB.NET is helpful, but no knowledge of Silverlight or XAML is required.

  Table of Contents

  PART 1 CORE SILVERLIGHT

  PART 2 CREATING THE USER INTERFACE

  PART 3 WORKING WITH DATA AND SERVICES

  PART 4 2D AND 3D GRAPHICS

  PART 5 MAKING THE MOST OF THE PLATFORM

  PART 6 BEST PRACTICES

  1. Introducing Silverlight
  2. XAML and the property system
  3. The application model and the plug-in
  4. Working with HTML and browsers
  5. Out-of-browser applications
  6. The security model and elevated trust
  7. Rendering, layout, and transforming
  8. Panels
  9. Human input
  10. Text fundamentals
  11. Editing plain and rich text
  12. Control basics and UserControls
  13. Animation and behaviors
  14. Resources, styles, and control templates
  15. Extensions, converters, custom controls, and panels
  16. Binding
  17. Data controls: DataGrid and DataForm
  18. Input validation
  19. Networking basics
  20. Working with SOAP services
  21. RESTful services with the ASP.NET Web API
  22. Working with XML, JSON, RSS, and Atom
  23. Duplex, sockets, and local connections
  24. Graphics and effects
  25. Working with images
  26. Introduction to 3D
  27. 3D lighting, texturing, and animation
  28. Pop-ups, windows, and full-screen applications
  29. Navigation
  30. Working with files and directories
  31. Printing
  32. COM, Native Extensions, and p-invoke
  33. Structuring and testing with the MVVM pattern
  34. Debugging your application
  35. The install experience and preloaders