Professional Silverlight 4 -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- About the Technical Editors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Silverlight -- What Is Silverlight? -- Silverlight Versions Explained -- Application Development Scenarios -- Getting the Silverlight Plug-In -- Getting the Silverlight SDK -- Building Silverlight Applications -- Silverlight 4 Tour -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Building Applications with Visual Studio -- Creating a Basic Silverlight Application -- Understanding the Application Life Cycle -- Debugging Silverlight Applications -- Configuring Silverlight MIME Types -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Building Applications with Expression Blend 4 -- Learning Expression Blend Basics -- Using Expression Blend Behaviors -- Using the Visual State Manager -- Importing Design Assets -- Using the Expression Suite -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with the Navigation Framework -- Using the Navigation Template -- Creating Parameterized Query Strings -- Using a Custom Menu Control -- Adding Navigation Animations -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Controlling Layout with Panels -- Measure, Then Arrange -- Element Sizing Characteristics -- Using Layout Panels -- Creating Custom Panels -- Silverlight Plug-In Sizing -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with Visual Controls -- Where to Find Controls -- Using Text Display Controls -- Using Input Editor Controls -- Using Lists and Items Controls -- Using Button Controls -- Using the GridSplitter Control -- Using the Image Control -- Using Data Visualization Controls -- Using Other Miscellaneous Controls -- Creating Custom Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Accessing Data -- Processing XML Data.

Binding a User Interface to Data -- Working with Services -- Summary -- Chapter 8: WCF RIA Services -- Understanding WCF RIA Services -- Building a Simple RIA Services Application -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Out-of-Browser Experiences -- Creating an Out-of-Browser Application -- Installing Trusted Applications -- Installing a Local Silverlight Application -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Networking Applications -- The WebClient Class -- Silverlight and WCF Duplex Communications -- Sockets -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Building Line of Business Applications -- Line of Business Basics -- Advanced Scenarios -- Globalization and Localization -- Full-Screen Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Application Architecture -- Understanding Design Patterns -- Using Silverlight Frameworks -- Defining Your Data Access Strategy -- Handling Performance -- Summary -- Chapter 13: DOM Interaction -- Configuring the Silverlight Plug-In -- Creating Interaction between Silverlight and JavaScript -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Securing Your Applications -- Taking Advantage of ASP.NET -- Using ASP.NET Application Services -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Accessing Audio and Video Devices -- Configuring Permissions -- Accessing Audio and Video Devices -- Capturing Images from a Video Feed -- Capturing an Audio Stream -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Working with File I/O -- The OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Classes -- Classes for Managing the Filesystem -- Moving, Copying, and Deleting Files -- Reading and Writing Files -- Using Streams -- Using Isolated Storage Options -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Using Graphics and Visuals -- The Basics -- Expression Blend Shapes -- Images and Media -- Brushes -- Fonts and Font Embedding -- Effects -- Transforms -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Working with Animations in Silverlight -- Storyboard Animations -- Keyframe Animation -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Working with Text.

Displaying and Inputting Text -- Font Support and Rendering -- Summary -- Chapter 20: Making It Richer with Media -- Supported Formats -- Unsupported Windows Media Formats -- H.264 and AAC Support -- Digital Rights Management -- Using the MediaElement Control -- Media Playlists -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Styling and Themes -- Getting Started -- Defining Local Styling (Inline Styling) -- Styling with Resources -- Working with the Style Object -- Defining and Using Implicit Styles -- Defining and Organizing Resources -- Using Themes -- Editing Styles and Templates in Expression Blend -- Summary -- Appendix A: XAML Primer -- Introducing XAML -- Silverlight XAML Basics -- Declaring Objects in XAML -- XAML Hierarchy -- Events and the Silverlight Control -- Markup Extensions -- Summary -- Appendix B: Testing Silverlight Applications -- Creating the Sample Application -- Using the Silverlight Unit Test Framework -- Using the Selenium Test Framework -- Automated UI Testing Using White -- Mocking Frameworks -- Summary -- Appendix C: Building Facebook Applications with Silverlight -- Creating a New Application on Facebook -- Using the Facebook Developer Toolkit -- Summary -- Appendix D: Integrating Silverlight into SharePoint 2010 -- The Sample Application -- Using the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Silverlight Object Model -- Deploying a Silverlight Application into SharePoint -- Summary -- Appendix E: Silverlight Control Assemblies -- Index.