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  • author  Chris Anderson  /  released on  Jun 30, 2010
    Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4

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    Silverlight 4 has the potential to revolutionize the way we build business applications. With its flexibility, web deployment, cross-platform capabilities, rich .NET language support on the client, rich user interface control set, small runtime, and more, it comes close to the perfect platform in which to build business applications. It’s a very powerful technology, and despite its youth, it’s moving forward at a rapid pace and is gaining widespread adoption.

    This book will guide you through the process of designing and developing enterprise-strength business applications in Silverlight 4 and C#. You will learn how to take advantage of the power of Silverlight to develop rich and robust business applications, from getting started to deployment, and everything in between.

    In particular, this book will serve developers who want to learn how to design business applications, and introduce the patterns to use, the issues that you’ll face, and how to resolve them. Chris Anderson, who has been building line-of-business applications for years, demonstrates his experience through a candid presentation of how to tackle real-life issues, rather than just avoid them. Developers will benefit from his hard-won expertise through business application design patterns that he shares throughout the book.

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  • author  Laurence Moroney  /  released on  Jul 01, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step Coming Soon...

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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

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  • author  Phillip Beadle, Mahesh Krishnan  /  released on  May 03, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies Product Description

    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.

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  • author  Jason Beres, Bill Evjen, Devin Rader  /  released on  Aug 16, 2010
    Professional Silverlight 4
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    Everything .NET developers need to take advantage of Silverlight 4

    Silverlight 4 is a major new release of Microsoft's flagship product for building rich, interactive applications that combine animation, graphics, audio, and video. This book, by seasoned Wrox authors and Silverlight experts, gives professional Web developers all the tools necessary to build RIAs using the new Silverlight capabilities. You will gain a complete, thorough understanding of both core and advanced platform concepts, with examples in both C# and VB.NET.

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  • author  Cameron Albert, Frank La Vigne  /  released on  Apr 06, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Application Development: Beginners Guide Product Description
    Build enterprise-ready business applications with Silverlight
    • An introduction to building enterprise-ready business applications with Silverlight quickly.
    • Get hold of the basic tools and skills needed to get started in Silverlight application development.
    • Integrate different media types, taking the RIA experience further with Silverlight, and much more!
    • Rapidly manage business focused controls, data, and business logic connectivity.
    • A suite of business applications will be built over the course of the book and all examples will be geared around real-world useful application developments, enabling .NET developers to focus on getting started in business application development using Silverlight.

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  • author  Robert Lair  /  released on  Jun 07, 2010
    Tags: C# , Silverlight 4 , Robert Lair
    Beginning Silverlight 4 in C#
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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.

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  • author  Andrew Troelsen  /  released on  Jun 22, 2010
    Silverlight 4 Lab: Intensive Skills Training
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    .NET trainer and consultant Andrew Troelsen has managed to fit a complete training workshop within the pages of his latest book, Silverlight 4 Lab. Troelsen’s tested methods provide a deep treatment of the subject in an accessible manner, using focused chapters that will challenge and elevate experienced .NET developers to a high level of competence in Silverlight 4. Using the effective teaching and presentation techniques imparted in this book, you'll quickly be on your way to mastering the latest version of Silverlight and all of the new innovations it offers, including right-click event handling, a new printing API, and support for the Managed Extensibility Framework.

    Each chapter begins with a focused “traditional treatment” in which the scope of the chapter and the topics it covers are discussed and the course of the training lab laid out. Once the stage has been set, the bulk of the chapter takes the form of a hands-on lab that walks you deeply through the topic in a highly experiential manner, with new techniques and concepts explained clearly as you progress. This focused approach targets experienced .NET developers who already possess a good knowledge of C# and an outline understanding of Silverlight. Starting at this level allows you to dive deeply into the subject from the very beginning.


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  • author  Rajesh Lal  /  released on  Jul 12, 2010
    Silverlight 4 How-To
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    More and more developers are getting started with rich Internet and mobile application development using Microsoft's state-of-the-art Silverlight 4 platform. This book will help you rapidly build production quality code and gain real-world expertise. It brings together proven, tested sample code and step-by-step tutorials for more than 50 of the tasks Silverlight 4 developers need to master in order to build effective applications. Ranging from a few lines to several pages, this book's code samples show how to create interactivity; make the most of streaming and other media content; implement widgets and gadgets; create vector graphics, 2D images, and animations; generate ad banners; and much more. Silverlight 4 How-To ranges across the entire development lifecycle, covering everything from designing user-centered interfaces to visualizing data; working with web services to creating games; serving mobile devices to debugging, packaging, and deploying applications. Along the way, you will learn how to use Silverlight 4 with a wide variety of complementary Microsoft and industry-standard technologies, including XAML, LINQ, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2010, Ajax, XHTML, RSS, and Microsoft SQL Server.

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  • author  John Kanalakis  /  released on  Jul 30, 2010
    Pro Game Design with Silverlight 4 Coming soon...

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    It was once common knowledge that anyone interested in making Web-based games must learn Flash and ActionScript. Things have changed with Silverlight 4—now you can leverage your existing C# language skills to produce high-quality and feature-rich games for the Web.

    Pro Game Design with Silverlight 4 teaches you how to build a flexible and feature-rich Web-based game engine using Microsoft’s Silverlight 4 Web plug-in for Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. You’ll learn the fundamentals of game design and how to implement them in a flexible and highly re-usable Silverlight game “template,” or engine. Throughout this discovery process, you will find new and innovative ways to apply the C# programming language and XAML markup language.

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    • author  Matthew MacDonald  /  released on  Aug 15, 2010
      Pro Silverlight 4 in C#
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      Silverlight 4 is the latest iteration of Microsoft’s cross-browser technology for creating rich user experiences on the Web. Like its predecessor Silverlight 3, it rides atop the .NET Framework for maximum ease of use and coding efficiency. The new technology carries forward much of the work that has been done before and augments it in many important respects, including support for H.264 video, major improvements to the graphics engine (including true 3D rendering), and much richer data-binding options for interfacing with other applications.

      Pro Silverlight 4 in C# is an invaluable reference for professional developers wanting to discover the new features of Silverlight 4. Author Matthew MacDonald’s expert advice guides you through creating rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you’re most productive in—no matter what the target platform.

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