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Silverlight 2 in Action

Silverlight 2 in Action

enlarge enlarge 		Authors: Chad Campbell, John Stockton
Publisher: Manning Publications
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
Sales Rank: 33393

Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Pages: 425
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1

ISBN: 1933988428
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9781933988429

Publication Date: October 28, 2008
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Product Description
***When you purchase the Print book, you can download a PDF copy from Manning Publications at no additional charge***

Microsoft describes Silverlight as a "cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web." That's a really boring description for a really exciting new technology. Anyone who has looked at the demos and gotten a taste of what Silverlight can do knows that Silverlight represents an entirely new level of rich web interface technology for Microsoft developers.

With Silverlight 2, developers can use JavaScript, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby to build user-friendly, interactive, and visually-dazzling web applications that work in most major browsers.

Silverlight 2 in Action covers Silverlight 2, a far more robust implementation of Silverlight than the Silverlight 1 release that supports only JavaScript. The much-anticipated 2 release adds powerful new features along with the ability to code in multiple languages and integrate your work with Visual Studio and the new Expression suite of tools.

This book delivers real-world examples and in-depth walkthroughs to help you confidently enhance your web applications using Silverlight 2.

Silverlight 2 in Action devotes extensive coverage to flexible layout components, the extensible control model, the communication framework, and the data-binding features "all cornerstones of software development. Author and Microsoft MVP Chad Campbell also describes rich media and vivid graphical and animation features. The final chapters include a variety of Silverlight deployment scenarios.

In addition to the fundamentals of Silverlight, you'll be introduced to architectural components such as the Silverlight object model. The book addresses the developer/designer collaboration model Silverlight enables, showing the developer how to include the designer effectively in the project workflow. This model is illustrated throughout the examples.

For ongoing reader support, the author will maintain a dedicated book-support website providing up-to-the-minute working examples, complete with source code, all in Silverlight.

Customer Reviews:   Read 6 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Want to master Silverlight? You must read this book!   December 31, 2008
Davide Zordan (Italy)
The book is very well written, Chad Campbell and John Stockton guide you to master every single aspect of Silverlight programming using a friendly writing style and powerful examples ready be used in your applications.
But the book also provides many other topics: why you need to learn and use Silverlight and how it compares with other RIA technologies.
I can only recommend to read this book and to keep it in your desktop for reference during your daily job.


5 out of 5 stars Great Silverlight Primer!   December 27, 2008
Kevin Babcock (College Station, TX)
I'm fairly new to Silverlight development, but as its become an essential part of my job I needed to get up to speed quickly. I took a look at a couple of other books before this one, and I've got to say this blows all the others out of the water. Great for a quick primer or as a reference book for the bookshelf. If you want to learn Silverlight don't pass this book up!


1 out of 5 stars Who is this book for?   December 12, 2008
Sam
3 out of 7 found this review helpful

I am scratching my head trying to decide who might be interested in such a book.
For long time I was getting my Silverlight knowledge from the official Silverlight sites and community blogs, which provide immense wealth of information. Finally, I decided that it was time to review some printed materials and bought several books that had high marks among reviewers. The goals were to have single reference book (instead of tons of web pages printouts) and / or have a good training book for my co-workers. Sadly, this book does not serve either goal.
The book has very short paragraphs on almost everything it describes. In fact, it itself is very short.
As a learning book - I had very hard time getting through this book (and I am already familiar with the most material in it). The style of the book is very dry and in short paragraphs. There are little illustrations. There is no flow of explanation to speak of. It has layout of the reference book, but it has only short explanations of everything. As a matter of fact, I found Silverlight Help or official web site being much more informative as a reference than this book.
Do yourself a favor and buy "Pro Silverlight 2" by Mathew MacDonald instead - what a great book that is.




5 out of 5 stars nice book   December 11, 2008
FRon
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

nice book with some good info.this book is actually a very good book.enjoyed reading it so much.


5 out of 5 stars The Fastest Way to Learn Silverlight 2   December 3, 2008
Bryan Phillips (Louisville, KY)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Silverlight 2 in Action is the only book I used to learn Silverlight 2. Packed with great example code, this book will allow you to learn Silverlight 2 from scratch or upgrade your skills from the previous versions. Learning Silverlight as an early adopter has been tough, but this book has been a lifesafer as it is the most concise resource available to get you up and running in very little time.

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