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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

Controls definitions


Most management applications base their User Interface (UI) on forms. However, each technology names them in its own way (forms, views, windows). Let us begin by defining the elements Silverlight offers and their description:

Control

Description

Container

It allows us to host other controls within itself. All controls mentioned in the table are Containers.

UserControl

We can define content on it.

Page

It inherits from UserControl and adds functionalities which permit a better integration with the Windows Navigation Framework in Silverlight.

Popup

It also depends on UserControl. It is shown above all Silverlight controls.

ContentControl

It represents a control with a single piece of content.

ChildWindow

It is a specialization of Popup control. It is used to show modal dialogs.

Note

ContentControl is beyond this book's contents. Nevertheless, you can find a good introductory article at: http://www.mostlydevelopers.com/mostlydevelopers/blog/post/2009/03/30...