{"product_id":"9781430229742","title":"Foundation Expression Blend 4 with Silverlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFoundation Expression Blend 4 with Silverlight\u003c\/em\u003e takes you through your first steps in creating rich Internet applications (RIAs) using the latest release of Microsoft’s technology. You’ll explore features such as custom user controls that you can reuse throughout your projects and the media element that allows you to easily add sound and video to your applications. Silverlight 4 enables you to rapidly develop compelling, cross-platform RIAs using the extensive .NET 4 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 4 integrated development environment (IDE), and an enhanced workflow that allows designers and developers to work on the same set of files at the same time. At the end, you’ll put everything you have learned together to create a sample Silverlight 4 website.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhether you’re an experienced .NET or web developer, or you’re just starting out, this book will provide you with all you need to create RIAs with Expression Blend 4.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDevelop stunning RIAs in a short time using Blend 4 and Silverlight 4. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLearn basic object-oriented programming principles. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eGet familiar with the Blend 4 development environment. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLearn the Blend 4 and Visual Studio 2010 IDEs. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLearn how to create stunning animations using Silverlight 4 Storyboards and incorporate video and sound into your RIAs with the Silverlight MediaElement. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLearn how to develop quickly and efficiently using Silverlight 4’s reusable resources such as UserControls, ControlTemplates and DataTemplates. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLearn about the Visual State Manager and the State panel in Blend 4 to easily add MouseEnter and MouseLeave states to your UserControls. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003ePut everything you have learned together to create a sample Silverlight 4 website. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     Web designers and developers wanting to learn Expression Blend 4 from the ground up. Those who have a background in the development of RIAs and want to learn this new technology.         \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003col\u003e   \u003cli\u003eSetting Up the Silverlight Development Environment \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eThe Blend Integrated Development Environment \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eC#, XAML, and Object-Oriented Programming \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLayout Controls: Including the New Silverlight 4 Controls: Viewbox, RichTextBox, FlowDirection Property, and Improved Data Binding \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eTimed Storyboards: Creating a Newton Cradle Application \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUsing VSM and Blend 4’s State Panel to Create a Silverlight Media Player \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eBehaviors in Silverlight \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eThe Silverlight MediaElement: Create a Video Player with a Custom UserControl, XML De-serialization, and Behaviors \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eEvents and EventHandlers \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eClasses and Interfaces \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eStyles, Control Templates, and Custom UserControls \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWriting a Custom Content Panel \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWriting a Silverlight 4 Out-Of-Browser Application with Elevated Trust and the New Silverlight 4 COM API \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCreating a Photobooth Application with the Silverlight 4 Webcam API \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eMVVM: Model-View-ViewModel \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eSketchFlow Prototyping \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eNew Features of Silverlight 4 \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153867751664,"sku":"9781430229742","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430229742_p0.jpg?v=1763751828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430229742","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}