Pro business applications with Silverlight 4 / Chris Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Chris.

Series:

The expert's voice in Silverlight

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multimedia systems.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Silverlight (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2010.

Place of Publication:

New York : Apress, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Getting Started with Silverlight

An Introduction to XAML

The Navigation Framework

Exposing Data from the Server: Using WCF RIA Services

Implementing Summary Lists

Building Data Entry Forms

Securing Your Application

Styling Your Application

Advanced XAML and Data Binding

Creating Custom Controls

The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Design Pattern

Printing and Reporting

Out of Browser Mode, and Interacting with the Operating System

Application Deployment.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612981487

9781282981485

128298148X

9781430272069

1430272066

OCLC:

676698616