Silverlight Training: Silverlight 4 Using Visual C# 2010

Course Number: SLV-202
Duration: 4 days
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Silverlight Training Overview

Accelebrate's Silverlight training teaches attendees how to build rich, interactive applications using Silverlight 4.

Location and Pricing

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Silverlight Training Prerequisites

All attendees should have a basic understanding of Web application development using HTML and programming experience in .NET using C#. Some exposure to JavaScript would be helpful but is not essential. A basic knowledge of ADO.NET is also desirable.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

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

Silverlight Training Materials

All Silverlight training students receive comprehensive courseware and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Microsoft Windows with Internet Explorer
Visual Studio 2010
Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, which comes bundled with Visual Studio 2010
2-GHz or equivalent CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and at least 4 GB of free disk

Silverlight Training Objectives

All attendees will learn to:

Use Silverlight in Web applications
Understand the use of XAML with Silverlight, including the creation of dynamic content
Draw shapes, lines, text and images in Silverlight
Implement input-driven Web applications using Silverlight
Use advanced Silverlight features such as animation and multimedia
Communicate over the network using HTTP and Web services
Use data controls and data binding
Access data in Silverlight applications
Interoperate between JavaScript and managed code
Implement out-of-browser Silverlight applications, including ones with elevated trust
Print and access the clipboard from Silverlight applications

Silverlight 4 Training Outline

Introduction to Silverlight

Client-side Web Technologies
The Silverlight Plug-in
The Silverlight SDK

Programming Silverlight

JavaScript API for Silverlight
Managed API for Silverlight
Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight
Visual Studio 2010 Designer Support
Silverlight Controls
Layout Panels
Handling Events
Interactive Web Applications Using C#
Application Package (.xap)

Using XAML

Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
Canvas
Elements and Attributes
Property Elements
Type Converters
Content Property
Collections
Attached Properties
XAML and C#
XamlReader

Shapes and Lines

Rectangles
Ellipses
Polygons
Lines and Polylines
Curves
Paths
Geometries
Strokes

Text and Fonts

TextBlock
Fonts
Run
LineBreak

Brushes and Images

Color and Opacity
SolidColorBrush
LinearGradientBrush
RadialGradientBrush
Image
ImageBrush

Layout

Sizing Elements
Margin and Padding
StackPanel
Grid
Positioning Elements
Z-Order
Clipping

Handling Events

Event Handlers
Dynamic Event Handlers
Mouse Events
Rubber Band Drawing
Drag and Drop
Routed Events

Animation and Media

Animation using Background Worker
Silverlight Animation
Video and Audio
Resources

Application Structure and Networking

Silverlight Application Structure
Application Caching
WebClient
Loading Assemblies on Demand
Downloading Content on Demand

Web Services

Implementing Web Services Using WCF
REST-based Web Services
SOAP-based Web Services

Data Controls and Data Binding

ListBox
DataPager
DataGrid
Dependency Properties
Change Notification
Binding to a Collection

Data Access

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Entity Data Model (EDM)
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Using Web Services
WCF Data Services
Open Data Protocol (OData)
LINQ to XML
Isolated Storage

Additional Features

HTML Bridge
JavaScript to Managed Code
Managed Code to JavaScript
Out-of-Browser Support
Elevated Trust
Printing
Clipboard

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