Full-color graphics and screenshots throughout makePro Silverlight 3 in C# an invaluable reference for professional developers wanting to discover the new features of Silverlight 3. AuthorMatthew MacDonald's expert advice guides you through creating rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive inno matter what the target platform.

As you learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D and 3D drawing, animations, and media playback, you'll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlightall of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next-generation Windows applications. MacDonald provides an comprehensive tutorial written from professional developer to professional developer.

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Introducing Silverlight.- XAML.- Layout.- Dependency Properties and Routed Events.- Elements.- The Application Model.- Navigation.- Shapes and Geometries.- Brushes, Transforms,and Bitmaps.- Animation.- Sound, Video, and Deep Zoom.- Styles and Behaviors.- Templates and Custom Controls.- Browser Integration.- ASP.NET Web Services.- Data Binding.- Data Controls.- Isolated Storage.- Multithreading.- Networking.