Foundation Expression Blend 3 with Silverlight [Paperback]

The only real tool for developing cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs) for that last 11 years has been Flash; until now! Silverlight 3 allows you to develop cross-platform rich Internet applications in a fraction of the time because of the extensive and very powerful .NET 3.5 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 3 IDE, and an enhanced workflow that allows designers and developers to work on the same set of files at the same time.

• Develop stunning RIAs in a short time.
• Learn some basic object-oriented programming principles.
• Get familiar with the Blend 3 development environment.

Setting up the Silverlight Development Environment.- The Blend 3 Integrated Development Environment.- C#, XAML, and Object-Oriented Programming.- Controls.- StoryboardS.- Using the VSM and Blend 3s States Panel to Create a silVerlight Media Player.- The Silverlight MediaElement.- The WPF Toolkit.- Events and Eventhandlers.- Classes and Interfaces.- Controltemplates, styles, and Custom UserControls.- Writing a Custom Content Panel.- Building a Sketchflow Prototype.- Putting Everything together to Build a Sample Silverlight Website.Victor Gaudioso is a senior application engineer at IdentityMine, a top-tier software company specializing in designing and developing cutting edge software applications, creating customized WPF/Blend and Silverlight training programs and creating tools for designers and developers. Victor has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Harrah's, Mattel, NBC/Universal, Disney, Best Buy, GameStop, Vivendi Universal Games, and New Line Cinema, among others. Victor, a former Flash/ActionScript engineer, still stays active in the Flash community by writing articles and tutorials on ActionScript.org, where he is also a moderator.Blend 3 is a big improvement over Blend 2, and will expand the existing market The book will be out as soon as pol3$