2009
Foundation Expression Blend 3 with SilverlightAuthors:

• Victor Gaudioso
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ISBN: 978-1-4302-1950-7 (Print) 978-1-4302-1951-4  (Online)



Gaudioso, Victor

2009, XXIV, 368 p.

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ISBN 978-1-4302-1950-7

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About this book

• Blend 3 is a big improvement over Blend 2, and will expand the existing market
•                                         The book will be out as soon as possible after release of Blend 3
•                                         Provides an entry point for existing designers and developers from both sides: Flash users who need to learn Blend for a project and Microsoft Visual Studio users who need to create a web presence
  

The only real tool for developing cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs) for that last 11 years has been Flash; until now! Silverlight 3 allows you to develop cross-platform rich Internet applications in a fraction of the time because of the extensive and very powerful .NET 3.5 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 3 IDE, and an enhanced workflow that allows designers and developers to work on the same set of files at the same time.

• Develop stunning RIAs in a short time.
• Learn some basic object-oriented programming principles.
• Get familiar with the Blend 3 development environment.
  

Table of contents

• Setting Up the Silverlight Development Environment
• The Blend 3 Integrated Development Environment
• C#, XAML, and Object-Oriented Programming
• Controls
• Storyboards
• Using the VSM and Blend 3’s States Panel to Create a Silverlight Media Player
• The Silverlight MediaElement
• The WPF Toolkit
• Events and EventHandlers
• Classes and Interfaces
• ControlTemplates, Styles, and Custom UserControls
• Writing a Custom Content Panel
• Building a Sketchflow Prototype
• Putting Everything Together to Build a Sample Silverlight Website
  

• Authors & Editors
  

Victor Gaudioso is a senior application engineer at IdentityMine, a top-tier software company specializing in designing and developing cutting edge software applications, creating customized WPF/Blend and Silverlight training programs and creating tools for designers and developers. Victor has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Harrah's, Mattel, NBC/Universal, Disney, Best Buy, GameStop, Vivendi Universal Games, and New Line Cinema, among others. Victor, a former Flash/ActionScript engineer, still stays active in the Flash community by writing articles and tutorials on ActionScript.org, where he is also a moderator.