Silverlight For Students

Martha Rotter Microsoft Ireland Developer & Platform Group [email_address] Silverlight 2 Deepdive for Students

Silverlight Roadmap:
Silverlight V1 Shipped Q307
Silverlight V2
TechEd 2008: Beta 2 with go live license
RTW: Autumn 2008
Tools
Expression Suite and Visual Studio updates for all public Silverlight releases
Visual Studio Designer support (Cider) later this year
Currently Designer is read only – you’ll see this shortly

Silverlight 2 Runtime Features * New in Silverlight 2
.NET Support*
C# and VB.NET*
LINQ*
XML APIs*
Generics*
HTML Integration*
JSON Serializer
Local storage*
Crypto APIs (AES)*
Threading*
2D, Graphics
Audio, Video
Animations
Text, Text Input*
Controls*
Layout*
Styles/Templates*
Data Binding*
Networking
HTTP/S and Sockets*

Silverlight Media

Media
Integrated
Part of the Windows Media ecosystem
Rich
Video as a 1 st class citizen
Flexible
Branded experiences
Multiple Delivery Methods
Monetized
Helps save and make money

DeepZoom

Deep Zoom: Hard Rock Cafe

Controls

Layout
Layout containers
Canvas, Grid, StackPanel, Border
Layout properties
Width, MinWidth, MaxWidth, ActualWidth
Height, MinHeight, MaxHeight, ActualHeight
Margin and Padding
Layout extensibility

User Controls in Silverlight
User Controls
Most common way to build reusable components
Derivative of System.Windows.Controls.Control base class (like TextBox control)
Acts as generic container of other controls

Data Binding in Silverlight
Property Binding
One-way, two-way and one-time
Use the “Data Context” property
Supports Value Converters
Collection / List Binding
Support Data Templates (repeater)
Use “ItemsSource” property

Resources
www.silverlight.net
Tutorials
Blogs
Hands-On Labs
Code!
http://silverlight.net/blogs/silverlightcommunity/
http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/
http://blogs.msdn.com/martharotter
E-mail me: [email_address]

Just a quick plug:
Ireland Girl Geek Dinners
A chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks, and have fun meeting other women in their field.
UPCOMING DINNERS:
Dublin – Tuesday August 26 th at 7:30pm
Cork – Sunday Sepember 7 th at 7:30pm
More details: http://www.irelandgirlgeekdinners.com

Martha Rotter Microsoft Ireland Developer & Platform Group [email_address] http://blogs.msdn.com/martharotter Thanks! Please Let Me Know What You Think!

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