Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies 1st Edition by Phillip Beadle (PDF)

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The fun and easy guide for building Silverlight 4 applications!Silverlight is a Web browser plugin that enables functions such as animation, streaming media, vector graphics, and audio-video playback that characterize rich Internet applications. It only requires a simple download, after which most end-users are not even aware that it’s running. This helpful guide covers everything you need to know in order to start creating applications in Silverlight 4 and then moves on to key topics such as controls, data binding, skinning, using Visual Studio tools, and more.Whether you have just the most basic programming skills and are interested in learning to develop Silverlight apps or you are an experienced developer looking for an understandable guide on the newest version of Silverlight, Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies is ideal for a wide audience.The Silverlight plugin enables animation, streaming media, vector graphics, and audio-video playbackShows you how to create applications in Silverlight 4Covers important Silverlight topics including controls, data binding, skinning, animations, and moreDiscusses how to best use the offering of tools from Visual StudioGet enlightened and start creating Silverlight 4 applications with this book by your side.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Make your rich Internet applications shine on multiple browsers and platformsSilverlight makes stunning Web effects — animation, streaming media, audiovisual playback — easier than you could have imagined. Whether you’re new to Web design or just to Silverlight, this book is packed with all the info you need to start creating applications using Visual Studio and Expression Blend.Getting started — find out what you need to get started with Silverlight and download the necessary toolsGain control — style and manipulate Silverlight controls such as text boxes and buttons, and create your ownMake it move — enrich your user interface with animations that upload fast and don’t devour bandwidthStick things together — understand data binding and how it supports your applications and streamlines programmingMuch ADO about data — work with ADO.NET Data Services and WCF RIA Services to create versatile business applicationsOpen the book and find:How Silverlight delivers a rich user experienceClear examples of XAMLTips on drawing shapes and doing animationAdvice on the best tools to use with SilverlightEffective ways to work with controlsHow to customize controls and create your ownLearn to:Develop seamless cross-platform, cross-browser Web applicationsDesign visually rich user interfaces with easeUse Expression Blend and Visual Studio® with SilverlightDeliver application data efficiently with WCF RIA Services and ADO.NETTen ways to get more from SilverlightHow to connect to your data on demandVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/silverlight4fd to find all the code used in this book and save yourself time and effort About the Author Mahesh Krishnan develops Web applications using Microsoft technologies and speaks regularly at conferences. He is very active within the .NET and Silverlight communities. Philip Beadle is a Senior Developer at DotNetNuke and speaks at numerous conferences. He is a coauthor of DotNetNuke For Dummies and has contributed to other books. Both are senior consultants at Readify.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I’m totally new to Silverlight and found this a great entry level book, though I would put its technical content above the “dummies” level.First half is about using Expression Blend, something I hadn’t intended to use but now am reconsidering it. Second half was what I wanted most … Data binding, WCF and RIA Services in Silverlight.The author uses good examples that help you quickly walk through the process. There were a couple of errors in the text. On page 216 it reads … wc.OpenReadCompleted += OpenReadCompleted;This may work (maybe not) but the better naming convention is used on the next page … wc.OpenReadCompleted += wc_OpenReadCompleted;There were a few other places where what I saw in Visual Studio didn’t match his narration nor the screen shots. Maybe that’s on Microsoft with changes in the version of Visual Studio and either way, it didn’t break anything. I just like it when it matches so I know I did it correctly.I don’t like the author’s naming conventions. He suggested putting spaces in the database name, [Silverlight For Dummies]. In tables, he calls the primary key of every table ID and he named the Visual Studio project SilverlightForDummiesWCFDataServices. Try typing that one 3 times fast!I had trouble with the WCF Data Services and the RIA Services sections. Could be the book was written on specs that changed before the production release, but I couldn’t follow the code in these sections too well. Still, it was a good starting point. I now feel ready to launch into a more in-depth book.

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