Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed

Matthew MacDonald9781590599396, 159059939X

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.

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Table of contents :
Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed……Page 1
Understanding Silverlight……Page 9
Silverlight vs. Flash……Page 10
Silverlight and WPF……Page 12
Installing Silverlight and the Visual Studio Extensions……Page 13
Creating a Silverlight Project……Page 14
The HTML Entry Page……Page 15
The Silverlight Initialization Script……Page 16
The XAML Page……Page 18
XAML Namespaces……Page 19
The XAML Code-Behind……Page 21
Properties and Events……Page 22
Silverlight Compilation……Page 23
Silverlight Essentials……Page 24
.NET Framework Classes in Silverlight……Page 25
The Canvas……Page 26
Layering Elements in a Canvas……Page 27
Dragging Circles……Page 28
Text……Page 31
Interacting with HTML……Page 32
Isolated Storage……Page 36
ASP.NET Futures……Page 38
The Xaml Control……Page 39
The Media Control……Page 40
Drawing in 2D……Page 42
Simple Shapes……Page 43
Line……Page 44
Polyline……Page 45
Polygon……Page 46
Paths and Geometries……Page 47
Line, Rectangle, and Ellipse Geometries……Page 48
Combining Shapes with GeometryGroup……Page 49
Curves and Lines with PathGeometry……Page 50
Arcs……Page 51
Bézier Curves……Page 54
Brushes……Page 55
Gradient Brushes……Page 56
Transparency……Page 57
Animation……Page 59
The Animation Class……Page 60
The Event Trigger……Page 61
Starting an Animation with Code……Page 62
Configuring Animation Properties……Page 63
An Interactive Animation Example……Page 64
Transforms……Page 67
Using a Transform……Page 68
Animating a Transform……Page 69
Summary……Page 70