The insider's guide to developing visually compelling, easy to- use SharePoint 2010 business solutions with Microsoft's new Silverlight 5.
Helps Microsoft developers master today's easiest, most powerful new approach to building rich custom SharePoint solutions.
Solution walkthroughs teach specific techniques through the construction of useful, working solutions.
Covers developing web parts and extensions, expanding functionality of sandboxed solutions, cross-browser compatibility, advanced services, mashups, and more
With SharePoint 2010, developers can create richer, more compelling, and more efficient user interfaces than ever before. This book teaches experienced ASP.NET developers how to build them with Silverlight 5 - the easiest, cleanest way to get the job done. Utilizing fully explained code listings, two Microsoft insiders teach everything developers they need to know. They teach key concepts through the creation of useful working solutions, and present code that teaches superior design as well as efficient programming. Readers can start from the beginning if they're new to both SharePoint and Silverlight, or skip the first few chapters if they're already familiar with developing for either or both of them. After explaining the tight integration between SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight 5, the authors show how to use Silverlight to overcome key limitations of 'sandboxing'; design more secure, scalable SharePoint solutions; and choose the right approaches to accessing data from Silverlight.
A complete 'Building Solutions' section offers cookbook solutions for these and other advanced tasks:
Building out-of-browser applications.
Supporting webcams.
Constructing geocoding and mapping applications.
Creating mashups to combine data from multiple sources.
Integrating with Search, Excel Services, and Visio Services
