Accelerated Silverlight 3 teaches you how to get up to speed with the
latest version of Silverlight quickly and efficiently. The book assumes
you're already comfortable with the basics of .NET coding and with WPF
and builds on your existing knowledge to make your journey to
Silverlight 3 proficiency as quick and painless as possible. Where
coding techniques are similar to other, more established, areas of .NET,
the text says so. Likewise, where there's a syntax or conceptual
"gotcha" that you're existing coding habits will walk you into, the text
points that out, too.
This book provides you with fast-track coverage of all the most
important elements of the Silverlight 3 technology ranging from XAML to
standard controls, from dealing with media to networking, from testing
to deployment. It concludes with a pair of fully worked sample
applications for you to follow through, because nothing reinforces your
understanding of how concepts fit together as much as looking at
finished code.
It is assumed that readers are already be comfortable with the workings
of the .NET framework. Knowledge of Expression Blend is useful, but not
mandatory: you'll learn the Blend techniques that you need to know as
you go through the book. By the end, you will have followed a sound,
concise, path to mastery of Silverlight 3.
