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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



About the Author

Laurence Moroney is a Developer Platform Evangelist for Microsoft, specializing in Silverlight. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Technical Evangelist for Mainsoft. He has authored or coauthored seven previous books.

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press (September 26, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735625395
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735625396
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Intro to Silverlight 2 beta 2, July 27, 2008
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This review refers to the beta 2 version of the book. This book is exactly what the title says - it is a good, solid introduction to programming Silverlight 2 beta 2 in C#.

Laurence does a good job of covering all of the basics of writing Silverlight applications - his web site has a good table of contents (http://blogs.msdn.com/webnext/) which clearly describes the books contents.

One of the features of the book that I especially like is the valuable information about how to run Silverlight from a Linux system and also information about using Silverlight with PHP, Java, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX, Ruby, and IronPython.

Laurence has been very responsive in helping to resolve any issue with the code that I have had. The book's code is Silverlight 2 beta 2; however, there has been one minor upgrade and I am sure that there will be more so having good response from the author is very important when dealing with beta software.

I do highly recommend this book as a basic introduction to writing Silverlight 2 beta 2 code in C#.

David Roh
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brillilant Introduction, September 24, 2008
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.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book worth recommending, November 26, 2007
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This book has a great introduction of Silverlight 1.0, and had a nice flow of documentation that made the book a fun read. The book covered the silverlight platform well, and illustrated a few examples of how Silverlight can work in conjunction with a few other technologies like Asp.net and PHP.

The book had very good code samples to illustrate specific points of Silverlight 1.0 technology, and additionally included a good primer on the upcoming Silverlight 1.1. Overall I think this book is a great resource to get up and running on Silverlight in a short period of time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This should be your first Silverlight book...
When first learning Silverlight 2, I picked up this book and got up to speed very quickly. It was a great introduction with lots of building block examples. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Steven Fox

3.0 out of 5 stars It's ok, but it's not for beginners.
This book is "ok", but honestly it's just not what someone new to Silverlight needs to see (especially if they are not strong in C#). Read more
Published 8 months ago by IT Guy

1.0 out of 5 stars No Visual Basic examples
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. Read more
Published 11 months ago by R. Tremb

2.0 out of 5 stars Awkward
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.
Published 11 months ago by David E. Bakkom

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Silverlight Introduction
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... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Talha Shah

5.0 out of 5 stars The only resource you need for Silverlight 2
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. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Umesh Patel

4.0 out of 5 stars Intro Silverlight 2
Well written book. Laurence gives great advice along with examples. I'm a nooby at Silverlight and this definitively helps.
Published 15 months ago by P. Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars A complement to Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed
I do recommend Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed as the best Silverlight reference so far. However, Introducting Silverlight does have a couple things that I haven't seen in other books:... Read more
Published 24 months ago by .NET Code Monkey

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