Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008
- Publisher
- Apress Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2008
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781590599495
- Publish Date
- Dec 2008
- List Price
- $72.95
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Description
Silverlight is a lightweight browser plugin that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It#151;s a ruleschanging, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it#151;s able to host true .NET applications in nonMicrosoft browsers (like Firefox) and on nonMicrosoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.
With fourcolor graphics and screenshots throughout,Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008is the perfect reference: you#151;ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you#151;ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight#151;all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design nextgeneration Windows applications. AuthorMatthew MacDonaldprovides an expertly crafted tutorial, written from professional developer to professional developer. You#151;ll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you#151;re most productive in, no matter what the target platform.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.