Contents at a Glance
Foreword ....................................................................................................xxiii
Introduction....................................................................................................1
1 Three Years of Silverlight ................................................................................7
2 Setting Up and Discovering Your Environment .........................................27
3 Extending Your Application with Controls .................................................49
4 Investigating Existing Controls . .................................................................75
5 Understanding Dependency Properties .....................................................103
6 Working with Data: Binding, Grouping, Sorting, and Filtering ...............129
7 Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern ................................157
8 Using Data Controls ..................................................................................187
9 Connecting to the Web .............................................................................215
10 Creating Resources, Styles, and Templates . ..............................................247
11 Mastering Expression Blend ......................................................................273
12 Sketching User Experience .........................................................................301
13 Creating Line-of-Business Applications .....................................................329
14 Enhancing Line-of-Business Applications and
Running Out of the Browser .....................................................................365
15 Developing Navigation Applications and Silverlight for
Windows Phone 7 ......................................................................................401
16 Using Effects and Recording Media ...........................................................435
17 New Transforms, Right Click, HTML Browser, WebBrowserBrush, and
Isolated Storage ...........................................................................................467
18 Drag and Drop, Full Screen, Clipboard, COM Interop, Duplex Polling,
Notification Windows, and Splash Screens................................................503
19 Authentication, Event to Command Binding, Random Animations,
Multitouch, Local Communication, and Bing Maps Control ...................539
20 Building Extensible and Maintainable Applications .................................573
21 Optimizing Performance ...........................................................................609
22 Advanced Development Techniques . ........................................................641
Conclusion ..................................................................................................675
Index ...........................................................................................................677
