Create animated textures using Perlin noise in Silverlight
Build 3-d animations in Silverlight
Build banner ads in Silverlight
Instant Silverlight 5 Animation
Silverlight is a Web technology that allows you to create both large business applications and little ads for your web page. Silverlight’s main advantage is the ability to create rich UIs easily. In this book we will show how to build animations for different types of Silverlight applications in order to create great user experience.
Instant Silverlight 5 Animation is a practical guide to creating great user experiences in Silverlight. This book will clear Silverlight/WPF concepts needed for creating animations as well as practical examples of creating animations that will help you become an efficient developer for creating animations with Silverlight.
This book provides a number of hands on examples of creating Silverlight animations in order to improve the user experience whether you are building a Silverlight Business application or a Silverlight banner ad. We also talk about ways to integrate Silverlight animations with business logic quickly and in the least invasive way. Download eBook Free »
MCTS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development (70-506) Certification Guide
This book and e-book will provide all that you need to know to pass the Microsoft Silverlight 4 development (70-506) exam.
Includes a comprehensive set of test questions and answers.
The layout and content of the book matches that of the skills measured by the exam closely, which makes it easy to focus your learning and maximize your study time where you need improvement.
MCTS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development (70-506) Certification Guide
Microsoft Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive applications for many screens across the Web, desktop, and mobile devices. Silverlight is also a great (and growing) Line-Of-Business platform and is increasingly being used to build data-driven business applications. Silverlight is based on familiar .NET languages such as C# which enables existing .NET developers to get started developing rich internet applications almost immediately.
MCTS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development (70-506) Certification Guide will show you how to prepare for and pass the (70-506): TS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development exam. Download eBook Free »
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook
Design and develop rich data-driven business applications in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 following best practices using this book and eBook
Rapidly interact with services and handle multiple sources of data within Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 business applications
Understand sophisticated data access techniques in your Silverlight business applications by binding data to Silverlight controls, validating data in Silverlight, getting data from services into Silverlight applications, using data and services using MVVM techniques and much more!
Packed with practical, hands-on cookbook recipes, illustrating the techniques to solve particular data problems effectively within your Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 business applications
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook
This book is not a general Silverlight 4/5 overview book; it is uniquely aimed at developers who want to build data-driven applications, based on best practices. It focuses on showing .NET developers how to interact with, and handle multiple sources of data in Silverlight business applications, and how to solve particular data problems following a practical hands-on approach, using real-world recipes. It is a practical cookbook that teaches you how to build data-rich business applications with Silverlight that draw on multiple sources of data. Most of the features covered work both in Silverlight 4 and 5. However, we cover some that are specific to Silverlight 5, which will therefore not work with Silverlight 4. Where this is the case, it is clearly indicated. Download eBook Free »
Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration
This book and e-book details how enterprise Silverlight applications can be written to take advantage of the key features of Windows Azure to create scalable applications
Provides an overview of the Windows Azure platform and how the different technologies can be integrated within your enterprise application
Examines ways that distributed asynchronous systems can be created to allow scalable processing
Learn from a distinguished author with tips, tricks, and hands on experience to create scalable enterprise Silverlight applications that run on the Windows Azure platform
A step-by-step book and eBook guide to creating and running scalable Silverlight 5 Enterprise Applications on the Windows Azure platform
Integrating Silverlight and Windows Azure can be difficult without guidance. This book will take you through all the steps to create and run Silverlight Enterprise Applications on the Windows Azure platform. The book starts by providing the steps required to set up the development environment, providing an overview of Azure. The book then dives deep into topics such as hosting Silverlight applications in Azure, using Azure Queues in Silverlight, storing data in Azure table storage from Silverlight, accessing Azure blob storage from Silverlight, relational data with SQL Azure and RIA, and manipulating data with RIA services amongst others. Download eBook Free »
Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action
Dive straight into Silverlight 5 with the advanced techniques in this expert guide
Fully up-to-date content for Silverlight 5 and RIA Services SP2
Complete your knowledge with a gradually built upon case study with this book and e-book
Develop a full LOB Microsoft Silverlight 5 application from scratch with the help of expert advice and an accompanying case study using Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action
Microsoft Silverlight is fully established as a powerful tool for creating and delivering Rich Internet Applications and media experiences on the Web. This book will help you dive straight into utilizing Silverlight 5, which now more than ever is a top choice in the Enterprise for building Business Applications.
Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action focuses on the development of a complete Silverlight 5 LOB application, helping you to take advantage of the powerful features available along with expert advice.
With Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action in hand, you will be fully equipped to expertly develop your own Silverlight Line of Business application, without dwelling on the basics of Enterprise Silverlight development. Download eBook Free »
Managing Data and Media in Microsoft Silverlight 4: A mashup of chapters from Packt’s bestselling Silverlight books
A mashup book from expert Silverlight professionals, from 6 Packt donor titles – professional expertise distilled in a true sense starting at just $19.99
Packed with practical, hands-on examples, illustrating techniques to solve particular data problems effectively within your Silverlight business applications
Manage data in Silverlight, build and maintain rich dashboards, integrate Sharepoint with Silverlight and more
Manage your data in Silverlight with combined knowledge from Packt’s best selling Silverlight books and ebooks
Managing Data and Media in Microsoft Silverlight 4: A mashup of chapters from Packt’s bestselling Silverlight books focuses on showing .NET developers how to interact with, and handle multiple sources of data in Silverlight business applications, and how to solve particular data problems following a practical hands-on approach, using real-world examples. This book is a collections of media and data based chapters from Packt’s best selling Silverlight books. Download eBook Free »