Microsoft Silverlight Training Class for Developers Course Description

Silverlight Overview

• Silverlight capabilities
• Using Silverlight for rich media
• Animation

Introducing Silverlight

• Data-binding
• Bitmap caching
• Silverlight scenarios
• Silverlight development workflow
• The Essentials of XAML
• Deploying and integrating Silverlight
• Integration with ASP.NET
• Deeper integration with the browser
• Integration with SharePoint

Building a UI with XAML

• Layout controls
• Grid vs. canvas
• Transforming a canvas
• The Viewbox control
• Silverlight vs. WPF

Introduction to Expression Blend

• The Expression Blend workspace
• Brushes and drawing tools
• Creating animation using storyboards
• Behaviors

Streaming Media

• Preparing video with Expression Encoder
• Understanding bitrate
• Encoding basics
• Using the MediaElement control in Blend
• Creating Deep Zoom content

Silverlight data entry controls

• Binding data to controls
• Designing data entry forms
• Styling and templating controls
• Using Visual State Manager
• Creating custom controls

Silverlight Networking

• WebRequestCreator class
• Working cross-domain sockets
• Web services
• Windows Azure and cloud services
• Overview of data access options

Accessing data in Silverlight

• LINQ-to-SQL
• Entity framework
• ADO.NET data services
• Validating data
• .NET RIA services