Contents

Contents at a Glance

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Understanding Silverlight

Silverlight System Requirements

Silverlight vs. Flash

Silverlight vs. HTML5

Silverlight vs. Metro (and Windows 8)

Silverlight and WPF

The Evolution of Silverlight

About This Book

What You Need to Use This Book

The Silverlight Toolkit

Code Samples

Feedback

The Last Word

Introducing Silverlight

Silverlight Design Tools

Visual Studio vs. Expression Blend

Understanding Silverlight Websites

Creating a Stand-Alone Silverlight Project

Creating a Simple Silverlight Page

Adding Event-Handling Code

Testing a Silverlight Application

Creating an ASP.NET-Hosted Silverlight Project

ASP.NET Controls That Render Silverlight Content ...

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