Introducing Microsoft® Silverlight(TM) 3 - Softcover

Moroney, Laurence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735625735 ISBN 13: 9780735625730

Publisher: Microsoft Press, 2009

Synopsis

Get a running start with Silverlight 3—the cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in for rich interactive applications and cutting-edge media experiences. Featuring advance insights from inside the Microsoft Silverlight team—this book provides practical, grounded advice, rich examples, and ready code to help inspire your next solutions.

Discover how to:

• Create your first simple sites
• Build applications that run out of the browser
• Use XAML to render, scale, and animate graphics on-screen
• Work with Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio
• Explore core and advanced controls—and build your own
• Exploit new graphics support—3-D effects, H.264 video, GPU acceleration
• Experiment with media, ink, DeepZoom, and Photosynth * Access data services to build connected applications
• Dynamically add content using Ruby and Python
• Manage Silverlight applications from ASP.NET–based servers
• Learn how to deliver DRM-protected video content

About this title

About the Author

Laurence Moroney is a Senior Technology Evangelist at Microsoft, focusing on Silverlight and the user experience. He has more than a decade of experience in software development and implementation, and has written dozens of books and articles on Windows Presentation Foundation, Web development, security, and interoperability.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735625735
• ISBN 13: 9780735625730
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432