Introducing Silverlight 1.1
Published on 3. October 2007
76 pages
978-0-596-51583-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this Short Cut, we'll take a close lookat Silverlight 1.1 and bring clarity to thisbleeding-edge technology. First we'lltake a broad look at the new concept ofRich Internet Applications and how Silverlightfits into that picture. Then we'llexamine how you work with Silverlight1.1, highlighting tools, concepts, andcode that you will need to build these interactiveapplications. Finally, we'll takea practical look at using Silverlight 1.1to build a custom control, pulling all ofthe concepts and tools together.Join ASP.NET Master and Telerik ChiefTechnical Evangelist Todd Anglin andthe Telerik Team as they guide you tounderstanding Silverlight 1.1.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
1,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-596-51583-6 (9780596515836)
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Content
- Intro
- Introducing Silverlight 1.1
- Understanding Silverlight 1.1
- A Short History of Silverlight
- Comparing Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 1.1
- Comparing Silverlight 1.1 and WPF
- What Is Silverlight 1.1?
- An Overview of Rich Internet Applications
- Benefits of Rich Internet Applications
- Shortcomings of Rich Internet Applications
- RIA Technologies
- Working with Silverlight 1.1
- Tools
- Tools for Designers: Microsoft Expression Blend
- Workspace
- Workspace Areas
- Objects
- Drawing
- Appearance
- Brushes
- Modifying and Transforming Objects
- Animation
- Tools for Developers: Visual Studio 2008
- Integration of Visual Studio 2008 projects with Blend
- Silverlight Design Model
- Shapes
- Brushes
- Transformations
- Text, Image, and Media
- Animations
- Silverlight 1.1 Development Model
- Hosting Silverlight in HTML
- The Basics of a Silverlight 1.1 Project
- Silverlight Objects
- Accessing elements and setting properties
- Create new element programmatically
- Controlling animations and MediaElements
- Layouts
- Event Model
- HTML Integration (DOM, Silverlight, JavaScript)
- Accessing DOM from managed code
- Accessing managed code from DOM
- Integration with ASP.NET AJAX Futures
- Silverlight 1.1 and WebServices
- Using ASMX Web Services
- Using POX (Plain Old XML) web service
- Solving the cross-domain problem
- Using the Astoria project for data access
- LINQ and Silverlight
- Silverlight 1.1 Downloader object
- Building Applications with Silverlight 1.1
- Custom Silverlight 1.1 Button Control
- Building a Silverlight Upload Control
- Conclusions
- Resources
- Links
- Blogs
- Special Thanks
