Essential Silverlight 3

Figures xvii Foreword xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgments xxix About the Author xxxi Chapter 1: Silverlight Overview 1 Silverlight Principles 3 Silverlight Features 6 Under the Hood 9 Where Are We? 10 Chapter 2: Applications 11 Application Principles 11 Creating an Application in Visual Studio 14 Application Components 15 Under the Hood 32 Where Are We? 39 Chapter 3: Graphics 41 Graphics Principles 41 Graphics Elements 48 Under the Hood 81 Where Are We? 96 Chapter 4: Text 97 Text Principles 98 Text Elements 99 Under the Hood 110 Where Are We? 113 Chapter 5: Input Events 115 Input Principles 115 Input Events 118 Under the Hood 128 Where Are We? 130 Chapter 6: Animation 131 Animation Principles 132 Animation Elements 136 Under the Hood 147 Where Are We? 152 Chapter 7: Layout 153 Layout Principles 153 Layout Elements 158 Under the Hood 174 Where Are We? 176 Chapter 8: Media 177 Media Principles 178 Media Elements 180 Under the Hood 190 Where Are We? 193 Chapter 9: Controls 195 Control Principles 196 Control Elements 198 Under the Hood 209 Where Are We? 211 Chapter 10: Data Binding 213 Data Binding Principles 213 Data Binding Objects 215 Under the Hood 229 Where Are We? 231 Chapter 11: Effects 233 Effect Principles 233 Effect Elements 234 Under the Hood 248 Where Are We? 250 Chapter 12: GPU Acceleration 251 GPU Acceleration Principles 251 GPU Acceleration Features 253 Under the Hood 263 Where Are We? 265 Index 267

Ashraf Michail is a Microsoft Silverlight architect who has been working on Silverlight since its inception in 2005. Prior to that, he worked on a number of graphics, UI framework, and Internet technologies, including WPF and Internet Explorer. Michail has been at Microsoft for eleven years, has built a number of graphics engines, and has driven the architecture for graphics engines and UI frameworks for much of his Microsoft career.

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