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Expression Blend Training: Introduction to Silverlight and Building Advanced Silverlight Applications using Microsoft Expression Blend 3

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Course Number: SLV-300
Duration: 4 days
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Expression Blend Training Overview

Accelebrate's Introduction to Silverlight 3 and Building Advanced Silverlight Applications using Microsoft Expression Blend 3 training teaches attendees how to develop rich multimedia experiences and applications using Microsoft Silverlight 3 with Microsoft Expression Blend 3. The Advanced Silverlight Applications portion teaches attendees advanced skills, including LINQ, XLinq, securing Silverlight applications, Silverlight application deployment and team development, and multithreading.

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Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals.  To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=category&page=expression.

Expression Blend Training Prerequisites

Prior programming experience is beneficial, but not required. The course presents code examples that can be developed during the course, or integrated as if provided by a developer to a designer. Prior experience with any of the following technologies is also beneficial, but not required: HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Visual Studio, the .NET Framework and relational databases. No prior Microsoft Expression Blend experience is presumed.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Microsoft Expression Blend training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Expression Blend Training Materials

All attendees receive courseware and a copy of APress' Accelerated Silverlight 3.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

  • Windows XP, Vista, or 7 with at least 2GB RAM
  • Microsoft Expression Blend 3 with the latest service packs installed
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with the latest service packs installed
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3 with the latest service packs installed
  • Microsoft Silverlight 3
  • Microsoft Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 with the latest service packs installed
  • Microsoft Deep Zoom Composer
  • Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK
  • Silverlight Unit Testing Framework
  • Internet Explorer 6 or later

Expression Blend Training Objectives

All attendees will learn how to use Microsoft Expression Blend to:

  • Learn to build Silverlight applications in Expression Blend 3 and Visual Studio 2008
  • Become familiar with the .NET Framework and Silverlight framework
  • Learn to generate XAML for rich user interfaces using Expression Blend 3
  • Learn to define new user interface elements with styles and templates
  • Learn to integrate and stream multimedia content to enhance the user experience
  • Learn to use different controls and layouts panels to provide dynamic, responsive user interfaces
  • Learn to create dynamic, data-driven Silverlight applications in a team environment
  • Edit XAML directly within Expression Blend 3
  • Connect to .NET language code to extend the behavior of Silverlight elements
  • Learn to prototype Silverlight applications using SketchFlow
  • Learn to create Behaviors, Triggers and Actions in Visual Studio 2008 to extend Expression Blend 3

Expression Blend Training Outline

  • Introducing Silverlight
    • What's new in Silverlight 3
    • Comparing Silverlight 3 to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
    • Using Silverlight with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
    • Creating Silverlight Applications
  • The Silverlight Framework
    • Using XAML to describe the UI
    • Connecting with Visual C# / Visual Basic code
    • Designing Applications with vector graphics
    • Designing with classes and partial classes
    • Incorporating animation in the UI
  • Creating Innovative User Interfaces
    • Silverlight Architecture
    • Choosing and customizing Silverlight controls
    • Routed events
  • Choosing Layout Panels
    • Canvas
    • StackPanel
    • Grid
    • Nesting panels and controls for a hierarchical design
  • Silverlight Controls
    • Text Controls
    • UI Controls
  • Customizing Silverlight Controls
    • Using Styles and Templates
    • Linking to Data
  • Application Navigation
  • Networking In Silverlight
    • WCF
    • Sockets
    • Enabling cross-domain communication
    • Network-aware Applications
  • Working with Data in Silverlight
    • Data Binding
    • XML processing
    • Using LINQ
    • Saving state on the Client
  • Animating Silverlight
    • Vector graphics
    • Deep Zoom
    • Video and Audio media
    • Streaming in Silverlight
  • Extending the UI
    • 2D Graphics
    • Transforming Objects
  • Manipulating Color, Fills, Gradients, and Transparency
    • Brushes
    • Creating and Using color resources and brush resources
    • Creating and Applying Gradients
  • Creating Styles and Using Templates
    • Creating, applying, and editing a style
    • Using Templates to Customize Control UI
    • Importing components from 3rd party editors
  • Using Animation
    • Keyframe animation
    • StoryBoards
    • Timelines
    • Animating in Expression Blend
  • Securing Silverlight Applications
    • Silverlight security model
    • .NET Security in CoreCLR
    • Application-Level Security
    • Interoperating with the Browser
  • Testing and Debugging
    • Unit testing
    • Conditional compilation
    • Debugging Silverlight applications
    • Exception Handling
  • Packaging and deploying Silverlight applications
    • Client considerations
    • XAP File
    • Hosting Silverlight applications
  • Advanced Silverlight 3 features
    • Out-of-Browser functionality
    • Cross-Silverlight application communication
    • Navigation Framework
  • Multithreading in Silverlight
    • Creating and managing threads
    • Using timers
    • Dynamically loaded applications
  • Using SketchFlow
    • Prototyping application flow
    • Screen prototyping
    • Creating a component
    • Navigation support
    • Generating documentation
  • Extending Expression Blend
    • Creating Behaviors
    • Creating Triggers
    • Creating Actions
  • Conclusion
 

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