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Teach yourself how to build rich Internet applications with Silverlight 4–one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you’ll learn how to create interactive user interfaces for the Web and the newest version of Windows Phone by mastering the essential tools and techniques for Silverlight.

• Install the tools you need and build your first Silverlight application
• Get up to speed on Silverlight 4 features, including out-of-browser support, webcam, and microphone
• Develop Web applications with Silverlight that work across browsers and devices
• Engage users with animation, video, layout, vector graphics, and 3D effects
• Learn how to build and deploy simple applications for Windows Phone 7
• Create Windows Phone features such as Input Scope, Orientation, and the Application Bar

Your online learning resources include:

• Practice exercises
• Code samples
• Fully searchable ebook

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Introducing Silverlight 4 brings you up to speed with the latest version of Silverlight quickly and efficiently. The book builds off your understanding of the basics of .NET coding and WPF, allowing your journey to Silverlight 4 proficiency to be as quick and painless as possible. The text highlights where coding techniques are similar to other, more established areas of the .NET framework. Likewise, when your existing coding habits lead you to a syntax or conceptual ’gotcha,’ the text points that out, too.

This book provides you with fast-track coverage of all the most important elements of the Silverlight 4 technology ranging from XAML to standard controls, from dealing with media to networking, from testing to deployment. It also reveals the new features introduced with Silverlight 4 and offers guidance on how to best utilize them. The book concludes with a pair of fully worked sample applications for you to follow through, because nothing reinforces your understanding of how concepts fit together as much as looking at finished code.

It is assumed that readers are already be comfortable with the workings of the .NET Framework. Knowledge of Expression Blend is useful, but not mandatory: you’ll learn the Blend techniques that you need to know as you go through the book. By the end, you will have followed a sound, concise path to mastery of Silverlight 4. Download Now »

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Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition is your practical companion to developing rich, interactive web applications with Microsoft’s latest technology. This book tackles common problems and scenarios that on-the-job developers face every day by revealing code and detailed solutions. You’ll quickly be able to integrate real-world, functioning code into your applications—and save hours of coding time.

The recipes included in Silverlight Recipes have been carefully selected and tested with the professional developer in mind. You’ll find problems stated clearly and succinctly, artful solutions explored, and ample discussion of the code and context so you’re immediately clear how the solution will support your project. You’ll also discover the innovations presented in Silverlight 4 and how to effectively employ them.

Enjoy practical coverage of Silverlight development in many projects and contexts, including:

• Designing complete, rich, interactive user experiences
• Manipulating content and the runtime environment through the Silverlight Plug-in Runtime API
• Consuming, transforming, and displaying content in your Silverlight web application through XML, LINQ-based data access, and isolated storage Download Now »

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The growing popularity of Web 2.0 applications is increasing user expectations for high-quality web site design, presentation, and functionality. It is into this climate that Microsoft is releasing Silverlight 4, the third and latest iteration of its cross-browser web presentation technology. Beginning Sliverlight 4 brings you to the cutting-edge of Web 2.0 application design and includes plenty of practical guidance to get you started straightaway.

Silverlight design tools have important differences compared to those used to create Ajax and JavaScript functionality. Robert Lair takes you on a tour of all the tools, including:

• Microsoft Expression Design, which plays an important part in creating Silverlight assets.
• Microsoft Expression Blend, which is used to build user interaction for Silverlight elements.
• Microsoft Visual Studio, which manages the interaction between designers and developers, providing the coding environment for “nuts and bolts” wiring.

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll move on to gaining a more in-depth knowledge of some of the new features introduced with Silverlight 4, including H.264 protected content, right-click event handling, a new printing API, and support for the Managed Extensibility Framework. Download Now »

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This book provides a complete guide to implementing Telerik’s range of ASP.NET and Silverlight controls. Telerik controls are invaluable for ASP.NET and Silverlight developers because they provide a vast array of rich controls targeted for the presentation layer of web applications. Telerik offers you solutions for the reports, grids, charts, and text-editing controls that you need but don’t want to build from scratch yourself—the options are endless for increasing the functionality of any of your web solutions.

What you’ll learn

• Understand how to integrate the standard Telerik controls into any ASP.NET or Silverlight solution to increase productivity and usability.
• Incorporate the Telerik extensions for ASP.NET MVC.
• Learn to implement Telerik Open Access and ORM for all your data access requirements.
• Understand the new functionality provided by the WebAii Testing Framework.
• Work with the full API to master using the entire suite of controls. Download Now »

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A must-have guide that covers all the new features of Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio allows you to create and manage programming projects for the Windows platform, and the new 2010 version has undergone a major overhaul comprised of significant changes. Written by an author team of veteran programmers and developers, this book gets you quickly up to speed on what you can expect from the newest version of Visual Studio.

Packed with helpful examples, this comprehensive guide explains how Visual Studio 2010 offers you a unique look at the beginning of the IDE’s evolution: improved code navigation, annotation and extensibility with the WPF-based shell; better performance and scalability for native code; and fundamental improvements in debugging and test-driven development.

• Examines the new features of Visual Studio 2010, which allows you to create and manage programming projects for the Windows platform
• Walks you through every facet of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), from common tasks and functions to its powerful tools
• Offers real-world uses for each tool, command, and shortcut of the IDE so that you can easily apply what you learn as you progress through the book Download Now »