Product DescriptionSilverlight--the hot new web technology based on the powerful WPF graphics platform that ships with Windows Vista--is the web developer's choice for creating cross-platform interactive applications that work in multiple browsers. This one-of-a-kindreference shows you, with full-color illustrations, how to create rich interactive apps with Silverlight.
In these color-filled pages, a crack team of Wrox experts gives you a comprehensive introduction to Silverlight. You'll see the vivid graphics and video images you can achieve. You will learn to use the component languages, tools, and techniques of Silverlight to create applications that enhance the user experience. You'll also discover how to leverage existing technologies, such as JavaScript(r), XAML, ASP.NET, and AJAX, and incorporate them with development tools like Visual Studio(r), Expression(r) Encoder, and Expression Blend. Soon you'll be building everything from basic static pages to Internet applications that integrate rich media and animation.
What you will learn from this book
* Easy ways to incorporate graphics, animation, audio, and video into Internet applications *
Methods for creating rich media apps that run on Windows(r) and Mac(r), as well as in Internet Explorer, Firefox(r), and Safari *
How to write standard JavaScript within an HTML page to manipulate and program against any XAML DOM element, storyline animation, or video *
Ways to integrate Silverlight within existing HTML pages, web sites, and ASP.NET applications *
How to handle data access in Silverlight applications using AJAX
Who this book is for
This book is for professional web developers who want to take advantage of Silverlight's capabilities to create rich interactive applications.
'[This book] makes a great companion for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of Silverlight without wading through the reference material in the SDK. If you're looking for a trustworthy guide to show you how Silverlight can light up your web applications, you'll find this book a great starting point.' --Tim Sneath, Group Manager for Client Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corporation
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great intro to Silverlight 1.0
Being a novice programmer, I found Silverlight 1.0 a great overview of the functionality of Silverlight. I especially liked the code details and visual examples the authors used to illustrate key features using multiple methods from a basic text editor to the Expression Blend application as well as Visual Studio. I'm looking forward to working through the examples, the Video Player case study looks interesting.
Rating: - Great Silverlight Reference
'Silverlight 1.0' is one of the new generation of Wrox books (the red ones) that sport full color and a great new layout. This update to the Wrox line has been long coming and what a difference it makes! With the reduced costs of color content it's completely unacceptable for any of the big publishing houses to release any books that need color without it and I am glad Wrox put up the extra money to do things right!! Silverlight is Microsoft's competitor to Adobe (Macromedia) Flash and if you ... Read More
Rating: - This is a book that will help you to get up at speed with this fantastic new technology from Microsoft
This is a book that will help you to get up at speed with this fantastic new technology from Microsoft, this book gives you all the information you need to start developing some great Silverlight apps.
I really appreciate the fact that has all the pictures and code in color, it helps a lot to understand, also I appreciate the fact that the authors didn't went so deep in the HTML/JavaScript details, instead they went straight to the core of Silverlight and how to use it.
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Rating: - Great way to start with Silverlight
OK for those who are wanting to start with Silverlight but have found the way that Silverlight.net displays information as too confusing, this book is for you. Its a great starter book. I waited and waited for it and while its not complete by any means (it would be hard to do that with Silverlight being in its infancy), it gives you all the information you need to start developing some great Silverlight apps.
My only complaint is that the price-point does not match the book. I expected ... Read More
Rating: - strong support of open standards
Out of Microsoft comes this latest offering, for managing web pages. One of its strengths is to be able to make cross-browser compatible pages. Seems to me that 10 years ago, the browser wars were in full rage, and this was a big issue. But while those browsers have been supplanted by the current IE and sundry open source competitors, there are still incompatibilities. So Silverlight helps here.
Another strength of Silverlight is its emphasis on using XAML. The use of XML-style files as ... Read More
- This is a book that will help you to get up at speed with this fantastic new technology from Microsoft
