Index

A

• AdventureWorks dashboard application
  • N-Tier layered approach, using / Describing an N-Tier application design
  • about / Setting up the Data Source
• AdventureWorks Dashboard application
  • server components, building / Building the server components
  • presentation layer, defining / Defining the presentation layer
• AdventureWorks dashboard sample
  • about / Dashboard requirements
• Adventure Works Database
  • URL / Dashboard prerequisites
• AdventureWorks database
  • about / What are dashboards, Describing an N-Tier application design
• AdventureWorksDW2008R2 database
  • about / Reviewing the database schema
• aesthetics
  • about / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
• agile processes
  • about / Scenario-based requirements and design
• AJAX
  • about / Current state of building dashboards, When good just isn't good enough
• analytical dashboards
  • about / Different dashboards for different needs, Analytical
• Application Programming Interface (API)
  • about / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
• application programming interface (API) / Dependency Injection (DI)
• area chart
  • about / What are dashboards
• ASP.NET MVC
  • about / When good just isn't good enough
• ASP.NET MVC programming model / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
• ASP.NET Web Forms
  • about / When good just isn't good enough
• ASPX host page / Sample project structure
• Assets panel
  • about / Assets
• Async
  • about / Asynchronous programming in Silverlight
• Async CTP
  • about / Developing for Silverlight
• asynchronous programming, Silverlight / Asynchronous programming in Silverlight
• asynchronous technology
  • about / Developing for Silverlight
• AtomPub
  • about / Exploring OData data services
• Await
  • about / Asynchronous programming in Silverlight

B

• bar chart
  • about / What are dashboards, Bar chart
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• Basecamp
  • URL / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
• Behaviors
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Bitbucket
  • about / Project Management
  • URL / Project Management
• Blend
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?, Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • strengths / Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • weaknesses / Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • splash screen / Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • Silverlight project, creating / Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • Sample Data feature / Sample Data
  • sample data, creating / Sample Data
  • Templates feature / Templates
  • basics / Blend basics
  • custom user control, creating in / Creating a custom User Control in Blend
• Blend 4
  • about / Knowing your tools
• Blend UI
  • panels / Blend basics, Assets, Data, Design View (Artboard), Objects and Timeline, Parts, Projects, Resources, States
• Blend UI, panels
  • Assets / Assets
  • Data / Data
  • Design View (Artboard) / Design View (Artboard)
  • Objects and Timeline / Objects and Timeline
  • Parts / Parts
  • Projects / Projects
  • Properties / Properties
  • Resources / Resources
  • Results / Results
  • States / States
• brushes
  • converting, into resources / Converting Brushes to Resources
• Brush object
  • about / Styling in Silverlight
• bullet graph
  • about / The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—typical dashboard charts and graphs, Bullet graph
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• BulletGraph
  • about / View and controls
• bulletgraphchart
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• business layer
  • about / When good just isn't good enough, Why should we use Silverlight?
• Button
  • creating / Creating a Button
  • Control Template, exploring / Exploring a Button's Control Template
• Button's Control Template
  • exploring / Exploring a Button's Control Template

C

• C#
  • about / Knowing your tools
• Caliburn
  • URL / What is the MVVM pattern
• Caliburn.Micro
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First, Developing for Silverlight
• Caliburn.Micro 1.2
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First
• CASE/WHEN SQL statement
  • about / spFinanceData
• chart
  • types / What are dashboards
  • about / What are dashboards
  • viewing, with multiple series / What are dashboards
  • thresholds, including / What are dashboards
  • styling / Styling the Grid and Chart
• chart, types
  • area / What are dashboards
  • bar / What are dashboards
  • line / What are dashboards
• Chart control
  • using / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• chartjunk
  • about / The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—typical dashboard charts and graphs
• ClickOnce
  • about / Current state of building dashboards
• client-side application development, Silverlight / Client-side application development
• client-side state, Silverlight / Client-side state
• ClientAccessPolicy.xml file
  • about / Working with WCF
• client_DownloadStringCompleted method / Working with WebClient
• COM Automation
  • about / Silverlight features
  / Cross-browser development simplified
• command binding
  • setting up / What is the MVVM pattern
• CommandParameter property / What is the MVVM pattern
• Confluence
  • URL / Project Management
• Control Template
  • about / Styling in Silverlight
• cross-browser development simplification, Silverlight / Cross-browser development simplified
• crosstabs
  • about / Small multiples
• CSS
  • about / When good just isn't good enough
• Custom Button Control Template
  • creating / Creating a Custom Button Control Template
• custom User Control
  • creating, in Blend / Creating a custom User Control in Blend

D

• DashbaordRequest class
  • about / Building the WCF service
• dashboard application
  • building, MVVM pattern used / Building the Dashboard
  • data source, setting up / Setting up the Data Source
  • Model classes, defining / Defining the View-Model and Model classes
  • View-Model classes, defining / Defining the View-Model and Model classes
  • XAML, laying out / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
  • data binding, setting up / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
  • UI, customizing / Customizing the UI
• DashboardContext class
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server), Data Access Layer, Building the WCF service
• dashboard design
  • example scenarios / Example scenarios for dashboard design
  • pre-attentive processing, applying to / Applying pre-attentive processing to dashboard design
• DashboardFilter class
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server), Data Access Layer, Building the WCF service
• DashboardResult class
  • about / Building the WCF service
• dashboards
  • about / What are dashboards, Different dashboards for different needs
  • elements / What are dashboards
  • need for / Purpose of dashboards
  • 1980 Fiat Spider example / Purpose of dashboards
  • examples / Purpose of dashboards
  • 2007 Chrysler Town & Country example / Purpose of dashboards
  • evolution / Purpose of dashboards
  • issues, solving / Problems dashboards solve
  • ECG example / Problems dashboards solve
  • current state / Current state of building dashboards
  • environment / Current state of building dashboards
  • types / Different dashboards for different needs, Strategic, Analytical
  • user-centered design, applying for / Focusing on needs, not technology
  • scenario-based design / Scenario-based requirements and design, Scenario-based design of our dashboard
  • scenario-based requisites / Scenario-based requirements and design
  • styling / Getting started with styling our Dashboard
  • prerequisites / Dashboard prerequisites
  • requisites / Dashboard requirements
  • solution, designing / Designing the solution
• dashboards, elements
  • score cards / What are dashboards
  • about / What are dashboards
  • graphs / What are dashboards
  • gauges / What are dashboards
  • reports / What are dashboards
  • strategy map / What are dashboards
  • table / What are dashboards
• dashboards, types
  • strategic / Different dashboards for different needs, Strategic
  • analytical / Different dashboards for different needs, Analytical
  • operational / Different dashboards for different needs, Operational
• dashboards environment
  • desktop solution / Current state of building dashboards
  • web solution / Current state of building dashboards
  • Silverlight solution / Current state of building dashboards
• DashboardService class
  • about / Building the WCF service
• DashboardViewModel
  • about / View Model
• dashboard wireframe
  • about / Our initial overall dashboard wireframe
• data access
  • overview / Data access overview
• Data Access Layer
  • about / Data Access Layer
• data access layer, WCF / The data access layer
• database schema
  • reviewing / Reviewing the database schema
• data binding / What is the MVVM pattern
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
  • setting up / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• data layer
  • about / When good just isn't good enough, Why should we use Silverlight?
• Data panel
  • about / Data
• data source
  • setting up / Setting up the Data Source, Setting up the Data Source
  • database schema, reviewing / Reviewing the database schema
  • stored procedures / Stored procedures
• DataTemplates
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• DataTemplateSelector
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• debugging environment, Visual Studio / Debugging
• delegate command / What is the MVVM pattern
• dependency injection (DI)
  • about / XAML as a declarative programming model, Dependency Injection (DI)
• Dependency Injection (DI)
  • about / Dependency Injection (DI)
• Design View (Artboard)
  • about / Design View (Artboard)
• desktop solution
  • about / Current state of building dashboards
• digital dashboard, of ECG / Problems dashboards solve
• Dispatcher class
  • about / Working with WebClient
• DLL Hell / Silverlight as a Web technology
• DLLs / Silverlight as a Web technology
• Domain Model
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • key classes / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• Domain Model, classes
  • DashboardContext / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • DashboardFilter / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • FinancialKPIItem / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • SalesTerritoryKPI / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • KPIItem / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• dropshadows effect / Creating a custom User Control in Blend
• DRY principle
  • about / XAML as a declarative programming model
• DTO
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), When good just isn't good enough
  • INotifyPropertyChanged interface, implementing / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)

E

• electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring / Problems dashboards solve
• Entity Framework
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Entity Framework 4 / Putting the pieces together
• example scenarios, for dashboard design / Example scenarios for dashboard design
• executive dashboard
  • example / Dashboard requirements

F

• features, Silverlight / Silverlight features
• features, Storyboards / Storyboards
• features, trusted application / Silverlight features
• Fiddler
  • URL / Using Fiddler
  • about / Using Fiddler
  • using / Using Fiddler
• FilterViewModel
  • about / View Model
• FinancialIndicatorControl
  • about / View and controls
• FinancialKPIItem class
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server), Data Access Layer
• Fireworks
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• flash policy file (crossdomain.xml)
  • about / Understanding network security

G

• gauges
  • about / What are dashboards
• GetCommand method / Data Access Layer
  • about / Data Access Layer
• GetDashboardData method
  • about / Building the WCF service
• GetDashboard method / Service Layer
• Git
  • URL / Project Management
• github
  • URL / Project Management
• GPS systems
  • about / Purpose of dashboards
• Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
  • about / Silverlight features
• graphs
  • about / What are dashboards
• Grid
  • styling / Styling the Grid and Chart

H

• high fidelity mockups
  • about / High-fidelity mockups
• HTTP
  • about / Data access overview
• HTTP classes
  • about / Core networking classes
• HTTPS protocol
  • about / Core networking classes
• HttpWebRequest class
  • about / Working with WebClient
• HttpWebResponse class
  • about / Core networking classes

I

• ICommand interface
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern
• IDashbaordService interface
  • about / Building the WCF service
• IDashboardService interface
  • about / Building the WCF service
  / Service Layer
• IDashboardViewModel interface
  • about / View Model
• InitializeService method / Building an OData service
• INotifyPropertyChanged interface
  • implementing, DTO used / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
  / What is the MVVM pattern
• interaction aesthetic
  • versus visual aesthetics / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
  • about / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
• iPhone
  • rough sketch / Representing and communicating user experience
• IProductSoapService interface / Building a SOAP service
• ISAPI Filter
  • about / Stored procedures

J

• JavaScript
  • about / When good just isn't good enough
• Jira
  • URL / Project Management
• JIRA
  • about / Project Management
• jQuery
  • about / When good just isn't good enough
• JSON
  • about / When good just isn't good enough, Exploring OData data services
  • URL / Building a REST service

K

• Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
  • about / What are dashboards
  • example / What are dashboards
• KPI
  • about / Customizing the UI, Dashboard requirements
• KPI Dashboard
  • components / Dashboard requirements
• KPI Dashboard, components
  • header (filters) section / Dashboard requirements
  • financial indicators section / Dashboard requirements
  • yearly sales by region section / Dashboard requirements
  • top products section / Dashboard requirements
  • top customers / Dashboard requirements
• KPIItem class
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)

L

• line chart
  • about / What are dashboards
• line graph
  • about / Line graph
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• LINQ
  • about / Data access overview
• Linq-to-SQL
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Linq2SQL / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
• ListBox
  • sample data, displaying in / Templates
  • properties / Templates
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern

M

• magic strings
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
• MapItem method / Data Access Layer
  • about / Data Access Layer
• MEF
  • about / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • using / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • comparing, with Unity / Dependency Injection (DI)
• Mercurial
  • URL / Project Management
• Microsoft Prism
  • URL / What is the MVVM pattern
• Model
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
  • classes, defining / Defining the View-Model and Model classes
• MouseOver state
  • modifying / Visual States
  • about / MouseOver State
  • transistions, adding to / Adding transistions to the MouseOver State
• multivariate analysis
  • about / Small multiples
• MVC pattern
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern
• MVVM
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), Why should we use Silverlight?, Describing an N-Tier application design
  • View First, comparing with ViewModel First / View First versus ViewModel First
• MVVM Light
  • about / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • URL / What is the MVVM pattern
• MVVM pattern
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern
  • used, for building dashboard application / Building the Dashboard

N

• N-Tier application design
  • overview / Describing an N-Tier application design
  • sample project structure / Sample project structure
• NAnt
  • URL / Project Management
• network security
  • about / Understanding network security
• new keyword / Dependency Injection (DI)
• NHibernate
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• NuGet
  • about / Putting the pieces together

O

• object relational mapping (ORM)
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Objects and Timeline panel
  • about / Objects and Timeline
• OData
  • about / Reduced server load, Exploring OData data services
  • URL / Exploring OData data services
  • data services, building / Building an OData service
  • external service, consuming / Consuming an external service
• OData data services
  • exploring / Exploring OData data services
• OData service
  • building / Building an OData service
• OLAP cubes
  • about / Reviewing the database schema
• operational dashboards
  • about / Different dashboards for different needs, Operational

P

• panels, Blend UI
  • Assets / Assets
  • Data / Data
  • Design View (Artboard) / Design View (Artboard)
  • Objects and Timeline / Objects and Timeline
  • Parts / Parts
  • Projects / Projects
  • Properties / Properties
  • Resources / Resources
  • Results / Results
  • States / States
• Parts panel
  • about / Parts
• persona
  • about / Personas
• pie chart
  • about / Pie chart
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• PInvoke
  • about / Silverlight features
• pivot tables
  • about / Small multiples
• pixel snapping
  • about / Silverlight features
• plain old WCF operations / Reduced server load
• POCO
  • about / When good just isn't good enough, Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• postscript vector printing / Silverlight features
• pre-attentive attributes
  • about / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
  • warnings / Warnings about using pre-attentive attributes
  • attribuites mixing warning / Mixing too many attributes
  • visual distractors warning / Visual distractors
• pre-attentive processing
  • about / Pre-attentive processing
  • applying, to dashboard design / Applying pre-attentive processing to dashboard design
• prerequisites, for dashboards / Dashboard prerequisites
• presentation layer
  • about / When good just isn't good enough, Why should we use Silverlight?
  • defining / Defining the presentation layer
  • View and controls / View and controls
  • View Model / View Model
  • Service Layer pattern / Service Layer
• Pressed State
  • about / Pressed State
• Pressed state
  • modifying / Visual States
• Prism
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First, Dependency Injection (DI), Developing for Silverlight
  • URL / Developing for Silverlight
• Prism 4.0
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First, Dependency Injection (DI)
• Products.xml file
  • about / Working with WebClient
• project management, Visual Studio / Project Management
• Projects panel
  • about / Projects
• Properties panel
  • about / Properties
• PropertyChanged event / What is the MVVM pattern
• prototypes
  • about / Prototypes

R

• reduced server load feature, Silverlight / Reduced server load
• reports
  • about / What are dashboards
• repository
  • about / Data Access Layer
• requisites, for dashboards / Dashboard requirements
• resource dictionary
  • about / Styling in Silverlight
  • creating / Creating Resource Dictionaries
• resources
  • about / Styling in Silverlight
  • referencing / Referencing resources
  • implementing / Implementing resources
  • brushes, converting into / Converting Brushes to Resources
• resources, implementing
  • Button, creating / Creating a Button
  • Custom Button Control Template, creating / Creating a Custom Button Control Template
  • Visual States, adding / Adding Visual States (Visual State Manager)
• Resources panel
  • about / Resources
• REST
  • about / Building a REST service
• REST service
  • building / Building a REST service
  • about / Building a REST service
• Results panel
  • about / Results

S

• Sales collection
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• SalesTerritoryKPI class
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server), Data Access Layer
• sample data
  • displaying, in ListBox / Templates
• Sample Data feature / Sample Data
• scatterplot
  • about / Scatterplot
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• scenario-based design dashboards, requisites
  • about / Scenario-based design of our dashboard
  • performance data, for key KPIs / Requirement 1
  • under or over performing KPIs / Requirement 2
  • filter by geographic region / Requirement 3
  • filter by product category / Requirement 4
  • sales data, viewing by both geographic region and product category at same time / Requirement 5
  • top 10 customers, viewing based on revenue / Requirement 6, Summary
• scenarios
  • about / Scenarios, Scenario-based requirements and design
• score cards
  • about / What are dashboards
• ScrollViewer control
  • about / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• security policy files, Silverlight
  • crossdomain.xml / Understanding network security
  • ClientAccessPolicy.xml / Understanding network security
• server components
  • building / Building the server components
• server components, building
  • Domain Model / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • Data Access Layer / Data Access Layer
  • WCF service / Building the WCF service
• serviceClient_GetDashboardDataCompleted method / Service Layer
• Service Layer pattern
  • about / Service Layer
• services
  • building, with WCF / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
• Silverlight
  • XAML, as declarative programming model / XAML as a declarative programming model
  • MVVM / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
  • dependency injection (DI) / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • Dependency Injection (DI) / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • as web technology / Silverlight as a Web technology
  • asynchronous programming / Asynchronous programming in Silverlight
  • features / Silverlight features
  • client-side application development / Client-side application development
  • reduced server load feature / Reduced server load
  • client-side state / Client-side state
  • cross-browser development simplification / Cross-browser development simplified
  • environment set up, requisites / Putting the pieces together
  • dashboards / What are dashboards
  • reasons, for using / Why should we use Silverlight?
  • tips, for developing / Developing for Silverlight
  • dashboard application, building / Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
  • URL, for downloading tools / Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
  • MVVM pattern / What is the MVVM pattern
  • styling in / Styling in Silverlight
  • data access overview / Data access overview
  • core networking classes / Core networking classes
  • security policy files / Understanding network security
• Silverlight, styling
  • resources, referencing / Referencing resources
  • resources, implementing / Implementing resources
• Silverlight 5
  • capabilities / Silverlight features
  • improvements / Silverlight features
  • graphic enhancements / Silverlight features
  • 3D capabilities / Silverlight features
  • enhanced Window feature / Silverlight features
• Silverlight application
  • building / Why should we use Silverlight?
  • presentation layer / Why should we use Silverlight?
  • business layer / Why should we use Silverlight?
  • data layer / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Silverlight dashboard application
  • about / Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
  • building / Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
• Silverlight Navigation Application / Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
• Silverlight policy files (ClientAccessPolicy.xml)
  • about / Understanding network security
• Silverlight project
  • creating, in Blend / Blend strengths and weaknesses
  • creating, in Visual Studio / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
• Silverlight solution
  • about / Current state of building dashboards
• Silverlight Toolkit Chart control / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• sketches
  • about / Sketches
• SketchFlow
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• small multiples
  • about / Small multiples
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• SOAP service
  • building / Building a SOAP service
  • about / Building a SOAP service
• socket-based networking classes
  • about / Data access overview, Core networking classes
• SortedValue property / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• Sparkline control
  • about / View and controls
• sparklines
  • about / What are dashboards, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—typical dashboard charts and graphs, Sparkline, Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• spFinanceData procedure
  • about / spFinanceData
• spFinanceData stored procedure
  • about / Data Access Layer
• splash screen, Blend / Blend strengths and weaknesses
• splash screen, Visual Studio / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
• spSalesByRegion procedure
  • about / spSalesByRegion
• spSalesByRegion stored procedure / Data Access Layer
• spTopInternetProducts procedure / Data Access Layer
• spTopUsInternetCustomers procedure
  • about / spTopUsInternetCustomers
• spTopUsInternetProducts procedure
  • about / spTopUsInternetProducts
• SQL
  • about / Stored procedures
• SQL Server 2008 Express
  • URL / Dashboard prerequisites
• stacked bar chart
  • about / Stacked bar chart
  • benefits / Pros
  • limitations / Cons
• StackPanel control
  • about / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• States panel
  • about / States
• static resource
  • about / Referencing resources
• stored procedures
  • about / Stored procedures
  • spTopUsInternetProducts / spTopUsInternetProducts
  • spTopUsInternetCustomers / spTopUsInternetCustomers
  • spSalesByRegion / spSalesByRegion
  • spFinanceData / spFinanceData
• Storyboards
  • about / Storyboards, Storyboards
  • features / Storyboards
  • examples / Storyboards
• strategic dashboards
  • about / Different dashboards for different needs, Strategic
  • goals / Strategic
• strategy map
  • about / What are dashboards
• System.Net.Sockets namespace / Core networking classes

T

• TabControl
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• table
  • about / What are dashboards
• TeamCity
  • URL / Project Management
  • about / Project Management
• Templates feature / Templates
• TextBox
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern
• Text property / Blend strengths and weaknesses
• TFS
  • about / Project Management
• Toast Notifications / Cross-browser development simplified
• ToList()command / Defining the View-Model and Model classes
• TopCustomerControl
  • about / View and controls
• TopProductsControl
  • about / View and controls
• TortoiseGit
  • about / Project Management
  • URL / Project Management
• TortoiseHg
  • about / Project Management
• transistions
  • adding, to MouseOver State / Adding transistions to the MouseOver State
• Trend property
  • about / Domain Model (Shared Between Client and Server)
• TrickPlay
  • about / Silverlight features
• Triggers
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• trusted application
  • features / Silverlight features
• typical dashboard charts
  • about / The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—typical dashboard charts and graphs
  • bar chart / Bar chart, Pros
  • stacked bar chart / Stacked bar chart
  • line graph / Line graph, Pros
  • scatterplot / Scatterplot, Cons
  • bullet graph / Bullet graph, Cons
  • sparklines / Sparkline, Cons
  • small multiples / Small multiples
  • pie chart / Pie chart, Cons

U

• UI
  • customizing / Customizing the UI
• Unfuddle
  • about / Project Management
  • URL / Project Management
• UNION SQL statement
  • about / spSalesByRegion
• Unity
  • about / Dependency Injection (DI)
  • comparing, with MEF / Dependency Injection (DI)
• Use Cases
  • about / Scenario-based requirements and design
• user-centered design
  • applying, for dashboards / Focusing on needs, not technology
  • about / User-centered design
  • requisites / Requirements
• user experience (UX)
  • about / Focusing on needs, not technology
  • representing / Representing and communicating user experience
  • communicating / Representing and communicating user experience
• user research
  • about / User research
  • conducting / User research
  • persona / Personas
  • scenarios / Scenarios
  • storyboards / Storyboards
  • sketches / Sketches
  • wireframes / Wireframes
  • prototypes / Prototypes
  • high-fidelity mockups / High-fidelity mockups
• User Stories
  • about / Scenario-based requirements and design
• using statement / Working with WebClient

V

• View-Model
  • classes, defining / Defining the View-Model and Model classes
• View First
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First
  • versus ViewModel First / View First versus ViewModel First
• View Model
  • about / View Model
• ViewModel
  • about / Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), Why should we use Silverlight?
• ViewModel class
  • about / XAML as a declarative programming model
• ViewModel First
  • about / View First versus ViewModel First
  • versus View First / View First versus ViewModel First
• ViewModelLocater class / View First versus ViewModel First
• Views
  • about / XAML as a declarative programming model, Why should we use Silverlight?
• visual aesthetics
  • versus interaction aesthetics / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
  • about / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
  • example / Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
• VisualStateManager
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Visual States
  • about / Visual States, Adding Visual States (Visual State Manager)
  • adding / Adding Visual States (Visual State Manager)
  • MouseOver / MouseOver State
  • Pressed / Pressed State
• VisualStates
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• Visual Studio
  • about / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses, Visual Studio
  • strengths / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
  • weaknesses / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
  • splash screen / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
  • Silverlight project, creating in / Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
  • debugging environment / Debugging
  • project management tools / Project Management
• Visual Studio 2010
  • about / Knowing your tools
• Visual Studio Async CTP (SP1 Refresh) / Asynchronous programming in Silverlight

W

• WCF
  • about / Reduced server load, Data access overview
  • core services / Understanding network security, Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
  • services, building with / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
  • data services / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
  • RIA services / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
  • working with / Working with WCF
  • data access layer / The data access layer
• WCF Core Services
  • about / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
• WCF Data Services / Reduced server load
  • about / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
• WCF RIA Services / Reduced server load
  • about / Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
• WCF service
  • about / Describing an N-Tier application design
  • building / Building the WCF service
• web.config file / Data Access Layer
• WebClient
  • working with / Working with WebClient
• WebClient class
  • about / Working with WebClient
• WebClientDownloadStringAsync method / Setting up the Data Source
• web host
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• web solution
  • about / Current state of building dashboards
  • factors / When good just isn't good enough
• web technology, Silverlight / Silverlight as a Web technology
• wireframes
  • about / Wireframes
• WPF
  • about / XAML as a declarative programming model, Silverlight features

X

• .XAP extension
  • about / Developing for Silverlight
• .XAP file / Reduced server load
• XAML
  • as declarative programming model / XAML as a declarative programming model
  • about / What is the MVVM pattern, Knowing your tools
  • laying out / Laying out XAML and Data Binding
• XamlReader.Load(...) method / Why should we use Silverlight?
• XAML snippet, for MouseOver state / Storyboards
• XAML technology
  • about / Why should we use Silverlight?
• XAP file / Setting up the Data Source
• XCopy
  • about / Silverlight as a Web technology
• XLINQ
  • about / Defining the View-Model and Model classes, Working with WebClient, The data access layer
• XMLA
  • about / Stored procedures
• xUnit.net
  • URL / Project Management
  • about / Project Management