Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed [electronic resource] /
MacDonald, Matthew.author.
Microsoft Silverlight allows you to create rich multimedia interfaces with the power and flexibility of Flash, but with the extensibility and the great tools that .NET offers. With Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed, you'll learn to use Microsoft's Silverlight technology in conjunction with ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2008 (code name Orcas). You will ultimately incorporate Silverlight into an ASP.NET web site and use the ASP.NET controls that render Silverlight content. You'll get the basics of Silverlight, too, making this book a must–read for any web developer curious about Silverlight.
Description based upon print version of record.
CONTENTS; About the Author; Understanding Silverlight; Silverlight vs. Flash; Silverlight Adoption; Silverlight and WPF; Installing Silverlight and the Visual Studio Extensions; Creating a Silverlight Project; The HTML Entry Page; The Silverlight Initialization Script; The XAML Page; The XAML Code-Behind; Properties and Events; Silverlight Compilation; Silverlight Essentials; NET Framework Classes in Silverlight; The Canvas; Text; Interacting with HTML; Isolated Storage; Silverlight and ASP.NET; ASP.NET Futures; Communicating Between Silverlight and ASP.NET; Drawing in 2D; Simple Shapes
Paths and GeometriesBrushes; Transparency; Animation; Animation Basics; Defining an Animation; Transforms; Summary
Microsoft Silverlight allows you to create rich multimedia interfaces with the power and flexibility of Flash, but with the extensibility and the great tools that .NET offers. With Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed, you'll learn to use Microsoft's Silverlight technology in conjunction with ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2008 (code name Orcas). You will ultimately incorporate Silverlight into an ASP.NET web site and use the ASP.NET controls that render Silverlight content. You'll get the basics of Silverlight, too, making this book a must–read for any web developer curious about Silverlight.
Microsoft software.
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Software engineering.
Microsoft and .NET.
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.