W elcome to Beginning Silverlight 2: From Novice to Professional. This book will provide you with an introduction to Silverlight: what it is, what it means to you as a developer, and how to begin developing Silverlight-enabled applications. You’ll not only read about the features of the Silverlight development environment, but also work through many hands-on examples that demonstrate exactly how to use those features to create rich Internet applications (RIAs). Who Should Read This Book This book is written for application developers who want to get started with Silverlight 2. It assumes that you have some experience developing applications using technologies related to Microsoft’s ASP.NET, and have worked with Microsoft Visual Studio. You should be familiar with the JavaScript, C#, and XML languages. How This Book Is Organized Each chapter focuses on a particular area of Silverlight and contains one or more “Try It Out” exercises that allow you to apply what you have learned. Here is a summary of what each chapter includes: • Chapter 1, “Welcome to Silverlight 2,” gives you an introduction to RIAs and Silverlight. You will also learn about the tools used in developing Silverlight-enabled applications. • Chapter 2, “Introduction to Visual Studio 2008,” introduces Visual Studio 2008 and the important new features offered in this version. In this chapter, you will build your first Silverlight application. • Chapter 3, “Layout Management in Silverlight,” discusses Silverlight’s flexible layout management system, which lets you specify how controls will appear in your applications.weiterlesen