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Introducing Microsoft Silverlight(TM) 1.0 (PRO-Developer)
by Laurence Moroney
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Microsoft Press (2007-09-26)
ISBN: 0735625395
EAN: 9780735625396
Dewey Decimal #: 006.7
Paperback: 288 pages
SKU: 82008000206
Condition: New
Comments: 0735625395 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Get a first look at Microsoft Silverlight with this practical introduction. This ideal reference delivers pragmatic advice, from in an insider s perspective, of how the tool was developed from concept to release. An expert on Silverlight and a Technical Evangelist on the Silverlight team delivers a first look at the new cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in and details the relationships among Silverlight and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are Web applications that have the features and functionality of full desktop applications. Processing tasks are performed on the client, but data is stored on the server, allowing a much richer experience. With Silverlight, RIAs install quickly via a small, on-demand plug-in. This book shows how the first release of Silverlight will help simplify development and deployment of RIAs. Includes a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic.
Key Book Benefits
Delivers practical advice, grounded in an insider s view of how the tool was developed from concept (Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere) to release
Provides context about the relationships among Silverlight and the various .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies
Places RIAs in context for Web and Windows® developers
Features a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic
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Customer Reviews
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No Visual Basic examples
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-11-19
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
If your looking for the examples in VB, forget it. At one time the author said he was going to do the VB translations. Never happened to my knowledge. To top that off, I MISSED MY RETURN DATE.
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Awkward
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-11-16
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Seems awkward. It never seems to have what I am looking for, and the organization doesn't work the way my mind does. I found the Silverlight 2 Bible to be much more helpful.
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Good Silverlight Introduction
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-10-28
This is a good book to start on Silverlight. It's a little shallow on network access and data binding but overall it does a great job of explaining Silverlight 2 fundamentals. Highly recommended if you are new to Silverlight 2.
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The only resource you need for Silverlight 2
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-25
Laurence has done an amazing job on this book. "Introducing Silverlight 2" is the perfect followup to his previous book, which illustrated the concepts of Silverlight 1.0. The book goes into great details with the various features of Silverlight 2. I highly recommend it as a training resource and development reference for all Silverlight users.
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Brillilant Introduction
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-24
7 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
Laurence Moroney's book is a wonderful introduction to Silverlight 2, and he produced this when folks need it, just when Silverlight 2 is new. He did this by hard work, and by knowing the product inside and out (and he's providing continuing support through release and beyond.)
The book is extremely well written and well organzied, with solid coverage of all the core topics and a good bit beyond (including extensive coverage of Deep Zoom, interacting with ASP.NET and using Dynamic Languages such as Ruby)
Moroney is one of the most knowledgable writers about Silverlight, and his style is straight forward and to the point. This book is everything you might want in an introduction to programming Silverilght 2, and I would not hesitate in recommending it.
Jesse Liberty
Senior Program Manager - Microsoft
Developer Community Liasion
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