Professional Silverlight 2 For Asp.net Developers

This book is intended to help get existing ASP.NET developers up to with Silverlight 2. The book accomplishes this by walking the reader gradually through the creation of various sample applications that take advantage of Silverlight 2 to accomplish things that would otherwise be very difficult or impossible with ASP.NET alone. The book focuses in particular on each facet of Silverlight that enhances, alters, updates or replaces existing ASP.NET techniques and shows how to program against it to get the most from not only Silverlight but also the ASP.NET delivery platform. At the end of every chapter there is a summary and a lab session, showing how to apply the lessons learned to one of several sample applications. Introduction Part I: Silverlight Fundamentals for ASP.NET Developers Chapter 1: Silverlight in a Nutshell Chapter 2: Silverlight Architecture Chapter 3: XAML Condensed Chapter 4: Programming Silverlight Part II: Developing ASP.NET Applications with Silverlight Chapter 5: Creating the User Interface Chapter 6: Silverlight Controls Chapter 7: Styles and Templates Chapter 8: User Interaction Chapter 9: Communicating with the ServerSilverlight Networking and Communication Features Chapter 10: Working with Data Chapter 11: Creating Custom Controls Chapter 12: Securing Your Silverlight Application Chapter 13: Audio and Video Chapter 14: Graphics and Animation Chapter 15: Troubleshooting Chapter 16: Performance