INTRODUCTION
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• Chapter 4, “Silverlight Controls,” introduces the common controls that are
provided with Silverlight. You will continue to work with these controls
throughout the book.
• Chapter 5, “Data Binding and Silverlight List Controls,” looks at the Silverlight
controls that display lists of data and how to bind data to these controls. You’ll see
that these controls are flexible and can show data in unique ways.
• Chapter 6, “Silverlight Toolkit,” discusses the Silverlight Toolkit, an open-source
project that extends the Silverlight control set to include a number a controls,
themes, and frameworks that will help you be more productive as a Silverlight
developer.
• Chapter 7, “Data Access and Networking,” describes how data access in Silverlight
applications works differently than it does in traditional applications. It then
explores mechanisms for accessing data in Silverlight applications, focusing on
the use of web services.
• Chapter 8, “Navigation Framework,” looks at building Silverlight applications that
allow the user to navigate through different pages, creating an experience similar
to browsing through different pages of a web site.
• Chapter 9, “Isolated Storage in Silverlight,” covers localized storage in Silverlight,
which is handled by its isolated storage feature. You’ll learn how to store user-
specific data for your application and have that data persist over browser
instances.
• Chapter 10, “System Integration and Device Support,” covers how Silverlight
applications can support notifications, integrate with legacy COM applications
and libraries, access a user’s web camera and microphone, and be enabled as a
drop target.
• Chapter 11, “Introduction to Expression Blend,” gets you started with Microsoft
Expression Blend, which lets you edit XAML documents visually.
• Chapter 12, “Styling in Silverlight,” describes how you can control the styles of
your Silverlight application’s user-interface elements. You’ll learn about defining
style properties inline using both Visual Studio and Expression Blend, as well as
how to use Silverlight styles.
• Chapter 13, “Transformations and Animation,” covers creating animations in
Silverlight. You’ll see how Expression Blend helps you create complex animations
and transformations.
• Chapter 14, “Custom Controls,” explains the basics of creating custom controls in
Silverlight. First, it covers when it is appropriate to write custom controls in
Silverlight, and then it describes how to build a custom control that has several
different states.
• Chapter 15, “Printing in Silverlight,” discusses how to add printing functionality to
Silverlight applications.
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