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Essential Silverlight 3 is the definitive reference and insider’s guide. It not only covers all the key features of the Silverlight 3 runtime and how to use them but, in Under the Hood sections, explains why each feature was developed and how each one works. These “insider” explanations often lead to concise, practical performance tips that can help you speed up your own Silverlight applications.

Author Ashraf Michail is uniquely qualified to explain Silverlight 3. He is a Microsoft Silverlight architect who has guided Silverlight from its beginnings through the current version. In this book, he shows how to

• Integrate the principles and components of a Silverlight application, including XAP, XAML, and .NET code

  
  

• Use Silverlight vector graphics, bitmap images, and animation

• Display predictable and readable text across platforms and animate text elements

• Obtain mouse and keyboard input, including mouse wheel events

• Implement smooth animations to improve your user interface and make your application more pleasing to the user

• Use the Canvas, StackPanel, Grid, and Border elements to lay out your application and define custom layout elements

• Play high-quality, live, and on-demand video and audio

• Customize the built-in and toolkit controls and develop new custom Silverlight controls

• Connect to and synchronize with data using Silverlight Data Binding

• Use built-in real-time effects and define custom HLSL pixel shaders

• Enable GPU-accelerated rendering

If you are a developer who is getting started with Silverlight or an expert Silverlight developer who is interested in understanding the inner workings of the Silverlight runtime, this book is for you.

Buy Essential Silverlight 3 here

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