This document summarizes an agenda and presentation about Silverlight 3.0 and 4.0 applications. It discusses the goals of Silverlight, working with WCF services, data visualization and binding, and new features in Silverlight 4. It includes demos of getting started with Silverlight, simple data binding, binding to lists, and using WCF RIA services.

1. Creating Silverlight 3.0 Applications &
Silverlight 4.0 Sneak Peek
Andre Magni, ME
MCT, MCITP, MCPD, MSF Practitioner
Training Manager

2. Agenda
Goals of Silverlight
Working with WCF Services
Data Visualization and Binding
What’s new on Silverlight 4

3. Agenda
Goals of Silverlight
Working with WCF Services
Data Visualization and Binding
What’s new on Silverlight 4

4. Goals
Compelling user experience
Great results through major browsers
Easy to integrate with back-end systems
Can run locally
Minimal learning curve for .NET developers
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5. Developer Environment
Silverlight 3
• Visual Studio 2008
• Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio
• Expression Blend 3
Silverlight 4
• Visual Studio 2010
• Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio
• Expression Blend 4 (RC was published on 4/30)
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6. Getting Started
Hosting options
• HTML pages with Silverlight Content Region
• ASP.NET site, VS creates 2 projects:
• Silverlight project itself
• ASP.NET
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7. Getting Started
Demo: Getting Started
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8. Agenda
Goals of Silverlight
Working with WCF Services
Data Visualization and Binding
What’s new on Silverlight 4

9. Working with WCF Services
Adding a Service Reference
Creating a Service Proxy
• svcutil http://mysvc/svc1.svc?wsdl
All calls must be Asynchronous
• Use the proxy class Aysnc call + Completed event
• 1 minute timeout
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10. Working with WCF Services
Cross-domain security – clientaccesspolicy.xml
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11. Working with WCF Services
Demo: Simple Web Service
Demo: Auto complete Web Service
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12. Agenda
Goals of Silverlight
Working with WCF Services
Data Visualization and Binding
What’s new on Silverlight 4

13. Data Visualization and Binding
Does NOT support ADO.NET Dataset
Does NOT support grouped data
Does NOT support IDataErrorInfo
Value Converters only in one data property
not multiple
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14. Data Binding
Text to a TextBox
<TextBox Text=“{Binding PresentationName}”/>
Binding Mode:
• OneWay: source changes  target changes
• TwoWay: source changes  target changes
• OneTime: source changes  X
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15. Data Binding
Demo: Simple Data Binding
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16. Binding to Lists
ItemsControl class:
• ItemsSource
• DisplayMemberPath
• ItemTemplate
• ItemsPanel
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17. Data Biding
Demo: Binding to Lists
Demo: Getting data from WCF Services
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18. Agenda
Goals of Silverlight
Working with WCF Services
Data Visualization and Binding
What’s new on Silverlight 4

19. What’s new on Silverlight 4
For Application Developers
• Printing support
• 60+ styleable components.
• DataGrid with sort/resize and even copy and paste rows
• WCF RIA support
• Localization
• Same code can run on desktop and Silverlight
• Drag and Drop
• More performance
• Multi-touch support
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20. WCF Rich Internet Applications Services
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21. Silverlight 4
Demo: Silverlight 4
Demo: WCF RIA Services
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22. Q&A

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