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Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action

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Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action

Overview of this book

Microsoft Silverlight is fully established as a powerful tool for creating and delivering Rich Internet Applications and media experiences on the Web. This book will help you dive straight into utilizing Silverlight 5, which now more than ever is a top choice in the Enterprise for building Business Applications. "Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action" focuses on the development of a complete Silverlight 5 LOB application, helping you to take advantage of the powerful features available along with expert advice. Fully focused on LOB development, this expert guide takes you from the beginning of designing and implementing a Silverlight 5 LOB application, all the way through to completion. Accompanied by a gradually built upon case study, you will learn about data access via RIA and Web services, architecture with MEF and MVVM applied to LOB development, testing and error control, and much more.With "Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action" in hand, you will be fully equipped to expertly develop your own Silverlight Line of Business application, without dwelling on the basics of Enterprise Silverlight development.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


We have seen that testing a complete Silverlight application is different depending on the part of the application we are testing, but it follows some general best practices and recommendations for other technologies. Fortunately, we can choose between different utilities, from integrated Visual Studio support to Silverlight-based framework. Always keep in mind that the easier the test to be executed, the more useful and more used it will be by us or by our team mates.

We have discovered that asynchronous behaviors require a special approach, and we have also learned how to test single units of code by isolating them through refactoring, interfaces, dependency injection, and mocking of external objects. Testing is a matter of a big extension and of main importance nowadays, but we have tried to give an introduction so that you can start using it in your LOB applications with Silverlight. Now you can learn more by reading the additional resources.

In the next chapter, you will learn...