Silverlight is a web-based platform from Microsoft that can be used to build Rich Internet Applications
(RIAs). Of the many new possibilities it enables, one of its key focuses is as a platform for building
business applications. Community support for the technology has been overwhelmingly positive, and
Microsoft has gone on to use...
Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides the foundation for building applications and high-quality user experiences for the Windows operating system. It blends the application user interface, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer’s operating system.
In the past two years, since the release of this book, usage of the HTML5 Canvas has
grown by leaps and bounds. The original edition of this book was one of the first publications
dedicated to the Canvas. While we were proud to get out of the gate fast, it also
meant that we had to do a lot of research and exploration...
ASP.NET 3.5 brings the power of Visual Studio® 2008 along with the multitude of language improvements in C# 2008 and Visual Basic® 2008 as well as powerful new technology called LINQ, together with the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework you already know and love. Packed with valuable coverage of ASP.NET 3.5...
Silverlight Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition is your practical companion to developing rich, interactive web applications with Microsoft’s latest technology. This book tackles common problems and scenarios that on-the-job developers face every day by revealing code and detailed solutions. You’ll...
This book is a gift from the Windows Phone 7 team at Microsoft to the programming community, and I am proud to have been a part of it. Within the pages that follow, I showyou the basics of writing applications for Windows Phone 7 using the C# programming language with the Silverlight and XNA 2D frameworks.
Great achievements don’t happen overnight—they evolve over time based on a series of successes that converge and drive you onward. My favorite soccer team, Seattle Sounders FC, started life way back in 1974 in the North American Soccer League and only achieved their recent success in Major League Soccer through working hard to...
In Microsoft® Dynamics CRM 4 Integration Unleashed, two leading experts present proven techniques, best practices, and example code for going far beyond the out-of-the-box capabilities of Dynamics CRM 4. Using these solutions and sample applications, you will enhance all of...
Welcome, to the exciting world of building Rich Enterprise Dashboards with
Silverlight. Throughout this book, you will learn how to harness the power of the
Silverlight 5.0 platform to build amazing Dashboards. This book goes beyond just
showing the nuts and bolts of learning Silverlight and showcases how to create
amazing...
THIS BOOK IS AN OBVIOUS COMPILATION FROM MANY AUTHORS. When putting together the idea
for this book, we thought of putting a different style of book together from the get-go. Many of the
computer books on the market today are a thorough explanation of a specifi c area of technology
tackled by one or a handful of dedicated authors....
A hands-on guide to Microsoft's latest rich application development technology: Silverlight 4
Silverlight 4 is the newest version of the rich Internet application toolkit that provides support for .NET capabilities over the Internet. With this latest release of Silverlight, Microsoft has revolutionized the way that Web...
