Dimensions
176 x 229 x 17mm
Get under the hood with Silverlight 3: a deep look at the platform's inner workings, by its long-time lead architect.
- Crucial, never-before-published information for building Silverlight applications that perform better, are more reliable, and are easier to deploy.
- Includes extensive code examples that apply the author's insights to real applications.
- Unparalleled, in-depth coverage of Silverlight graphics, text, audio, video, animation, input, layout, and data binding.
What's the difference between superior Microsoft Silverlight applications and those that don't work as well? Superior Silverlight applications are built by developers with a deep understanding of the platform: its inner workings and its motivating design principles. In Essential Silverlight 3 the only Microsoft architect who's worked on Silverlight from 'day one' presents a complete, 'under the hood' tour of this powerful development platform. Ashraf Michail is uniquely qualified to share the deepest insights about why Silverlight works the way it does: he personally made many of those decisions. In this book, he shares never-before-published information on Silverlight graphics, text, audio, video, animation, input, layout, data binding, and other key areas of Silverlight development. Michail doesn't just provide crucial context: his robust code examples demonstrate exactly how to apply these insights in real-world application development. Essential Silverlight 3 the only Microsoft.
