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  • author  Bart Czernicki  /  released on  Aug 31, 2010
    Silverlight 4 Business Intelligence Software

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    Product Description

    Business Intelligence (BI) software allows you to view different components of a business using a single visual platform, which makes comprehending mountains of data easier. BI is everywhere. Applications that include reports, analytics, statistics, and historical and predictive modeling are all examples of BI. Currently, we are in the second generation of BI software—called BI 2.0—which is focused on writing BI software that is predictive, adaptive, simple, and interactive.

    As computers and software have evolved, more data can be presented to end users with increasingly visually rich techniques. Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight can be used to transform traditional user-interfaces filled with boring data into fully interactive analytical applications that quickly deliver insight from large data sets. Furthermore, RIA applications now include 3D spatial-design capabilities that move beyond a simple list or grid and allow for interesting layouts of aggregated data. BI 2.0 implemented via an RIA technology can truly bring out the power of BI and deliver it to an average user on the Web.

    Next-Generation Business Intelligence Software with Silverlight 4 provides developers, designers, and architects with a solid foundation in BI design and architecture concepts for Microsoft Silverlight. This book covers key BI design concepts and how they can be applied without an existing BI infrastructure. Author Bart Czernicki provides you with examples of how to build small BI applications that are interactive, highly visual, statistical, predictive—and most importantly—intuitive to the end-user.

    BI isn’t just for the executive branch of a Fortune 500 company—it is for the masses. Let Next-Generation Business Intelligence Software with Silverlight 4 show you how to unlock the rich intelligence you already have.

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  • author  Gastón C Hillar  /  released on  Jul 26, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration Product Description

    Techniques, practical tips, hints, and tricks for Silverlight interactions with SharePoint

    • Develop Silverlight RIAs that interact with SharePoint 2010 data and services
    • Explore the diverse alternatives for hosting a Silverlight RIA in a SharePoint 2010 Page
    • Work with the new SharePoint Silverlight Client Object Model to interact with elements in a SharePoint Site
    • Use Visual Studio 2010's new features to debug Silverlight RIAs that interact with SharePoint 2010
    • Learn to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on SharePoint 2010 lists from Silverlight
    • Access and interact with external data sources and WCF Data Services
    • Use themes and work with multiple interactive animations and effects to create distinct User eXperiences (UX) in a SharePoint environment
    • Develop Silverlight RIAs that interact with SharePoint Visual Web Parts
    • A step-by-step, fast-paced book that guides you in implementing Silverlight 4 applications in SharePoint 2010 environments

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  • author  Laurent Bugnion  /  released on  Nov 08, 2010
    Silverlight 4 Unleashed

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    The complete, practical guide to Silverlight 4, Microsoft's increasingly popular tool for developing rich Internet applications

     

  • Microsoft has committed to Silverlight as its main User Interface technology for web apps
  • The feature set of Silverlight is growing fast, and developers are looking for guidance
  • Covers programming for the exciting new Windows Phone 7
  • The author is a noted authority on Silverlight, is a Microsoft MVP, and has a popular blog on Silverlight
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  • author  Chris Anderson  /  released on  Sep 30, 2010
    Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4

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    Product Description

    Silverlight 4 has the potential to revolutionize the way we build business applications. With its flexibility, web deployment, cross-platform capabilities, rich .NET language support on the client, rich user interface control set, small runtime, and more, it comes close to the perfect platform in which to build business applications. It’s a very powerful technology, and despite its youth, it’s moving forward at a rapid pace and is gaining widespread adoption.

    This book will guide you through the process of designing and developing enterprise-strength business applications in Silverlight 4 and C#. You will learn how to take advantage of the power of Silverlight to develop rich and robust business applications, from getting started to deployment, and everything in between.

    In particular, this book will serve developers who want to learn how to design business applications, and introduce the patterns to use, the issues that you’ll face, and how to resolve them. Chris Anderson, who has been building line-of-business applications for years, demonstrates his experience through a candid presentation of how to tackle real-life issues, rather than just avoid them. Developers will benefit from his hard-won expertise through business application design patterns that he shares throughout the book.

     

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  • author  Ted LoCascio  /  released on  Apr 19, 2008
    Microsoft Expression Design on Demand Product Description

    Microsoft Expression Design on Demand

     

    FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW

     

    SEE HOW TO

    • Create, open, and save Expression Design documents

    • Navigate documents easily by zooming and scrolling

    • Understand how to use the Expression Design interface controls

    • Align objects by snapping to grids, guides, and points

    • Select objects, path segments, and points with the various selection making tools

    • Arrange, align, distribute, and stack objects on the artboard

    • Control object visibility and position using Layers panel controls

    • Draw shapes and paths using the various drawing tools, such as the Pen, B-spline, and Polyline tools

    • Apply object attributes such as fills, strokes, and effects

    • Incorporate bitmap images and graphics into your designs

    • Create and format editable text objects

    • Export in various formats such as XAML, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and PDF

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  • author  Sara Froehlich, Marc Campbell  /  released on  Jan 26, 2008
    Microsoft Expression Design Step by Step Product Description

    The smart way to learn Microsoft Expression Design one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, and hands-on exercises to master the fundamentals of creating professional-looking designs and illustrations with the powerful tools that Expression Design delivers. 

    You will learn how to produce high-quality effects by using the Live Effects feature, how to use a variety of brush types, and how to work with vector images. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! 

    Includes an easy-search companion CD with files for practicing the book s lessons, a complete eBook, and more!


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  • author  Phillip Beadle, Mahesh Krishnan  /  released on  May 03, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies Product Description

    The fun and easy guide for building Silverlight 4 applications!

    Silverlight is a Web browser plugin that enables functions such as animation, streaming media, vector graphics, and audio-video playback that characterize rich Internet applications. It only requires a simple download, after which most end-users are not even aware that it's running. This helpful guide covers everything you need to know in order to start creating applications in Silverlight 4 and then moves on to key topics such as controls, data binding, skinning, using Visual Studio tools, and more.

    Whether you have just the most basic programming skills and are interested in learning to develop Silverlight apps or you are an experienced developer looking for an understandable guide on the newest version of Silverlight, Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies is ideal for a wide audience.

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  • author  Laurence Moroney  /  released on  Jun 30, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step
    Product Description

    Teach yourself how to build rich Internet applications with Silverlight 4--one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you'll learn how to create interactive user interfaces for the Web and the newest version of Windows Phone by mastering the essential tools and techniques for Silverlight.

    • Install the tools you need and build your first Silverlight application
    • Get up to speed on Silverlight 4 features, including out-of-browser support, webcam, and microphone
    • Develop Web applications with Silverlight that work across browsers and devices
    • Engage users with animation, video, layout, vector graphics, and 3D effects
    • Learn how to build and deploy simple applications for Windows Phone 7
    • Create Windows Phone features such as Input Scope, Orientation, and the Application Bar

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  • author  Jason Beres, Bill Evjen, Devin Rader  /  released on  Aug 09, 2010
    Professional Silverlight 4
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    Product Description

    Everything .NET developers need to take advantage of Silverlight 4

    Silverlight 4 is a major new release of Microsoft's flagship product for building rich, interactive applications that combine animation, graphics, audio, and video. This book, by seasoned Wrox authors and Silverlight experts, gives professional Web developers all the tools necessary to build RIAs using the new Silverlight capabilities. You will gain a complete, thorough understanding of both core and advanced platform concepts, with examples in both C# and VB.NET.

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  • author  Cameron Albert, Frank La Vigne  /  released on  Apr 06, 2010
    Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Application Development: Beginners Guide Product Description
    Build enterprise-ready business applications with Silverlight
    • An introduction to building enterprise-ready business applications with Silverlight quickly.
    • Get hold of the basic tools and skills needed to get started in Silverlight application development.
    • Integrate different media types, taking the RIA experience further with Silverlight, and much more!
    • Rapidly manage business focused controls, data, and business logic connectivity.
    • A suite of business applications will be built over the course of the book and all examples will be geared around real-world useful application developments, enabling .NET developers to focus on getting started in business application development using Silverlight.

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    Join the free SilverlightShow webcast 'Running Silverlight Outside the Browser and with Elevated Trust'. Sept 7th, 8 am - 9 am PDT.
    In this live session Chris Anderson will cover configuring and debugging OOB mode, toast notifications, elevated trust, direct file access and much more.
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