Professional Silverlight 4

Exploit the powerful capabilities of the new Silverlight 4

The Silverlight 4 platform continues to add excitement to building rich Internet applications (RIAs), and it offers new user interface controls, expanded capabilities of the Base Class Libraries, and new libraries for building Line of Business applications. This invaluable resource helps you take your existing development skills to the next level so that you can create compelling RIAs with the new Silverlight 4. The trio of veteran authors presents clear and concise coverage of Silverlight essentials and its platforms concepts, while real–world samples enhance your learning process so you can get started building and running RIAs right away.

Professional Silverlight 4:

• Explains how to build Silverlight applications with Expression Blend 4 and Visual Studio 2010

• Reviews the Navigation Framework, visual controls, and working with networking in your applications

• Delves into graphics, animations, text, media, theming, and styling

• Details techniques for testing Silverlight 4 applications

• Explores methods for building Facebook applications with Silverlight

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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