Introducing Microsoft Silverlight(TM) 1.0 (PRO-Developer)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
• Published by: Microsoft Press September 26, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0735625395
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0735625396
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
Get a first look at Microsoft Silverlight with this practical introduction. This ideal reference delivers pragmatic advice, from in an insider s perspective, of how the tool was developed from concept to release. An expert on Silverlight and a Technical Evangelist on the Silverlight team delivers a first look at the new cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in and details the relationships among Silverlight and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are Web applications that have the features and functionality of full desktop applications. Processing tasks are performed on the client, but data is stored on the server, allowing a much richer experience. With Silverlight, RIAs install quickly via a small, on-demand plug-in. This book shows how the first release of Silverlight will help simplify development and deployment of RIAs. Includes a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic.


Key Book Benefits


Delivers practical advice, grounded in an insider s view of how the tool was developed from concept (Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere) to release


Provides context about the relationships among Silverlight and the various .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies


Places RIAs in context for Web and Windows® developers


Features a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic

About The Author
Laurence Moroney is a Developer Platform Evangelist for Microsoft, specializing in Silverlight. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Technical Evangelist for Mainsoft. He has authored or coauthored seven previous books.

Reader Reviews
I do recommend Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed as the best Silverlight reference so far. However, Introducting Silverlight does have a couple things that I haven't seen in other books: - A whole chapter--albeit a very short one--is devoted to Silverlight ink support. It has a useful sample to pull together concepts from the SDK. - The author also showed a little of his developer evangelist motivations by including a quick look at integrating Silverlight into non-Microsoft platforms: Java (JSP) and PHP with MySQL. The example was basic, but it did add a welcome extra dimension to the book--and quite interesting to see the ease/portability of Silverlight. This book probably won't be your end-all reference for Silverlight 1.0 (I do prefer the free SDK over this title), but it does make a for a good read-it-and-resell-it book. Comments (2) | | (Report this)