Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4

Silverlight 4 has the potential to revolutionize the way we build business applications. With its flexibility, web deployment, cross-platform capabilities, rich .NET language support on the client, rich user interface control set, small runtime, and more, it comes close to the perfect platform in which to build business applications. It's a very powerful technology, and despite its relative youth, it's moving forward at a rapid pace and is gaining widespread adoption.divbr This book will guide you through the process of designing and developing enterprise-strength business applications in Silverlight 4 and C#. You will learn how to take advantage of the power of Silverlight to develop rich and robust business applications, from getting started to deployment, and everything in between.divbr In particular, this book will serve developers who want to learn how to design business applications, and tackle the issues that you'll face, and how to resolve them. bChris Anderson/b demonstrates his experience through a candid presentation of how to approach real-life implementation decisions.brbr /divdivWith this book in hand, you willbr ul liCreate a fully functional business application in Silverlight/li liDiscover how to satisfy all of the common requirements that most business applications share/li /ulb What you'll learn /bul liHow to structure your project to ensure a robust and maintainable application/li liHow to create user interfaces with XAML and bind controls to data/li liHow to communicate securely between the server and the client/li liHow to view and maintain data within a Silverlight user interface/li liHow to implement standard business application paradigms in Silverlight/li /ul bWho is this book for?/b brbrThis book is for developers experienced in other .NET technologies, such as WinForms or ASP.NET, looking to translate their existing skills to developing business applications with Silverlight.brbr div bTable of Contents /bol liIntroduction/li liGetting Started with Sliverlight/li liAn Introduction to XAML/li liThe Navigation Framework/li liExposing Data From The Server/li liImplementing Summary Lists/li liBuilding Data Entry Forms/li liSecuring Your Application/li liStyling Your Application/li liAdvanced XAML and Data Binding/li liCreating Custom Controls/li liThe Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Design Pattern/li liReporting and Printing/li liOut of Browser Mode, and Interacting with the Operating System/li liApplication Deployment/li /ol/div/div/div