Sams Teach Yourself Silverlight 4 in 24 Hours

Build powerful rich applications and user experiences with Silverlight 4: a step-by-step tutorial that helps you do it right the first time! * The easy-to-read, hands-on introduction to Microsoft's new Silverlight 4 * Leverage all of Silverlight's flexibility and power, and overcome its complexity * Construct next-generation experiences that incorporate animation, graphics, video, and other rich media * A complete tutorial: step-by-step instructions, examples, QandAs, quizzes, exercises, tips, shortcuts, and more In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Silverlight 4 in 24 Hours will help rich application developers gain true mastery over Silverlight 4, and make the most of its powerful new enhancements.

In this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on everything that's come before, helping you learn all of Silverlight 4's core features from the ground up, and integrate them seamlessly to create more powerful user experiences than ever before. Friendly, accessible, and conversational, this book covers everything developers and designers need to know, including: getting started; setting up projects; presentation, layout, visualization, data display, user interactions, events, transformations, animation, core controls, building Silverlight class libraries, Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), data binding, consuming external data, customizing Silverlight components, and much more.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Silverlight questions, issues, and tasks...Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises help you build and test your knowledge..."Did You Know?" tips offer them insider advice and shortcuts...and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems.

By the time you're finished with these lessons, you won't just understand Silverlight 4: you'll be comfortable using it in real-world projects.