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Silverlight 4 has the potential to revolutionize the way we build business applications. With its flexibility, web deployment, cross-platform capabilities, rich .NET language support on the client, rich user interface control set, small runtime, and more, it comes close to the perfect platform in which to build business applications. It’s a very powerful technology, and despite its youth, it’s moving forward at a rapid pace and is gaining widespread adoption.
This book will guide you through the process of designing and developing enterprise-strength business applications in Silverlight 4 and C#. You will learn how to take advantage of the power of Silverlight to develop rich and robust business applications, from getting started to deployment, and everything in between.
In particular, this book will serve developers who want to learn how to design business applications, and introduce the patterns to use, the issues that you’ll face, and how to resolve them. Chris Anderson, who has been building line-of-business applications for years, demonstrates his experience through a candid presentation of how to tackle real-life issues, rather than just avoid them. Developers will benefit from his hard-won expertise through business application design patterns that he shares throughout the book.
With this book in hand, you will
Create a fully functional business application in Silverlight
Discover how to satisfy all of the general requirements that most business applications need
Develop a business application framework
What you’ll learn
How to structure your project to ensure a robust and maintainable application
How to create user interfaces with XAML and bind controls to data
How to communicate securely between the server and the client
How to view and maintain data within a Silverlight user interface
How to design unique user experiences and use advanced styling techniques
How to implement standard business application paradigms in Silverlight
Who this book is for
This book is for developers experienced in other .NET technologies, such as WinForms or ASP.NET, looking to translate their existing skills to developing business applications with Silverlight. Patterns and methodologies associated with building robust applications will be introduced and are not prerequisite knowledge.
Table Of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Getting Started with Silverlight
3. An Introduction to XAML
4. The Navigation Framework
5. Exposing Data from the Server: Using WCF RIA Services
6. Implementing Summary Lists
7. Building Data Entry Forms
8. Securing Your Application
9. Styling Your Application
10. Advanced XAML and Data Binding
11. Creating Custom Controls
12. The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Design Pattern
13. Printing and Reporting
14. Out of Browser Mode, and Interacting with the Operating System
15. Application Deployment
ISBN - 9788184897357
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Pages : 576
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