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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

LOB application case study: applying what we have learned


In this chapter, the Model Mock implementation has been replaced by the real one (based on RIA Services). As the entities have not been generated from RIA Services, some tweaks have to be performed on the contracts so that they return the entities defined by RIA Services. The application is also to be implemented and, when completed, refactored a little bit.

  • First, all the operations to be performed in the model were defined.

  • Second, the logic of all the windows in the application was implemented.

  • To use the Unit of Work concept, the model factory was created. This will allow a new model instance, without having to share context.

Let us explore the changes that have been introduced by navigating the project structure.

Server

In the simple sample that has been implemented in this chapter, the Entity Framework model and Domain Services were generated directly in the web project. When talking about modularity or encapsulation, this does not...