Silverlight 1.0 for Developers

Course Overview

Microsoft Silverlight is all about delivering a rich web User Experience (UX), and is a strong contender in the Rich Internet Application battle, whose champions have long been Adobe's Flash and Flex products, along with many implementations of AJAX.

Unlike Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight is aimed squarely at the Web and features cross-browser support, so it doesn't support the Windows APIs which allow access to 3D graphics hardware acceleration, but it does promise HD-quality streaming of video and a full set of rich media features

Audience

Developers who are looking to produce cross-browser rich internet applications using Microsoft Silverlight.

Prerequisites

Some experience of developing AJAX, Python, Ruby, or .NET applications (.NET v1.1 or 2.0) and an understanding of general web technologies.

Course Outline

Our hands-on Silverlight training course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. The course contains many Silverlight tutorials based on real-world scenarios.

Silverlight Introduction

• What is Silverlight
• Architecture
• Running Silverlight Apps
• Creating Silverlight Apps
• Tools
• 1.0 vs. 2.x
• Related Technologies and tools
  • XAML and WPF
  • XAML

Silverlight XAML

• XAML Syntax
• XAML Namescopes
• Silverlight namespace extensions
• Markup extensions
  • Binding
  • StaticResource
  • TemplateBinding
• XAML Reader

Silverlight Graphics, Media and Animations

• Graphics
  • Shapes and Drawings
  • Brushes
  • Imaging
  • Video Brush
  • Geometries
  • Paths
  • Transforms
• Audio and Video
  • Overview
  • Formats
  • MediaElement
  • Media Encoder
• Animation
  • Overview
  • Key-Frame Animations
  • Animations in code

Silverlight Script Webs

• Architecture
• JavaScript Events
• Input Events
• Full Screen Support
• Working with objects
• Optimising the Installation experience

Silverlight User Interaction & Accessibility

• Silverlight Input Events
  • Mouse, Keyboard, Stylus
• Supporting Drag and Drop
• Full Screen Support
• Splash Screens
• Accessibility

Silverlight Deep Zoom

• Introduction to DeepZoom
• Using the DeepZoom Composer
• Including and Controlling within your Silvelright app

Silverlight Controls

• Lap around existing controls
• Creating custom controls

Silverlight Styles, Templates and Resources

• Creating and Using Styles
• Application Resources
• Templates

Silverlight DataBinding

• Understanding DataBinding in Silverlight
• DataBinding Modes
• DataBinding Syntax
• DataContext
• Change Notifcation
• DataTemplates

Silverlight Storage

• Understanding Isolated Storage
• Prompting mechanism
• File Open Dialogs and Uploads

Silverlight Deployment

• Instantiating the plug-in
• Versioning
• Customising the installation experience
• XAP files