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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

Out of Browser (OOB)


Out of Browser (OOB) applications are executed out of the web browser, or that is the impression they give.

Regarding the final user, an OOB application is similar to a desktop application; the user installs it, gets a direct access icon to it, and when executed, it runs under a standard window, as shown in the following screenshot. It can even be uninstalled through the Control Panel.

From the point of view of the Software Developer, an OOB application still runs under a hidden browser, that is, it is a Silverlight application with the same features as an application running under a browser.

Until the arrival of Silverlight 5, the main difference with an application executing in the browser was the fact that it could work with trusted permissions and perform operations, which the sandbox normally does not allow (accessing the filesystem, executing commands via COM+, and so on).