The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a four-day course on Silverlight 3 and 4. It divides
the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side.
Students should be able to develop Silverlight applications once attending the
workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations
and hands-on labs. Each student will leave the workshop having created several small
Silverlight applications. This variety of learning techniques will ensure that
all students become proficient in the technology quickly and in an exciting way.
Silverlight is about building Internet applications so experience building web applications
is encouraged. In addition, since Silverlight utilizes .NET to build online experiences,
familiarity with .NET is suggested. No specific experience with WPF or XAML is necessary.
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Dates and locations
Silverlight training dates and cities:
- 3-6 May 2010 (Vancouver, Canada)
- 1-4 March 2010 (Montréal, Canada)
- 30 March-2 April 2010 (Québec, Canada)
- 17-19 February 2010 (Paris, France)
- 14-16 April 2010 (Paris, France)
- 3-5 March 2010 (Lausanne, Suisse)
For any other dates/countries please contact us!
Course outline
4 day Silverlight training course outline:
- Introducing Silverlight
- Why Silverlight
- What is Silverlight?
- Hello Silverlight
- Silverlight and .NET
- UI Development Choice
- Design
- What is XAML
- Layout Elements
- Drawing with XAML
- Shapes, Brushes, and Geometries
- Text, Fonts and Media
- Transformations and Animation
- Using Expression Blend
- Using Expression Design
- Integrating Other Design Tools
- Development
- Hosting Silverlight
- Application Files
- The Base Class Library
- Interrogating the XAML
- Working with Events
- Dynamic XAML
- Working with Media
- Controlling Animations
- Downloading from Servers
- Threading
- Files, Isolated Storage and Splash Screens
- Working with XML
- Using LINQ
- Socket Programming
- Understanding Silverlight Security
- Control Model
- Simple Controls
- Content Controls
- List Controls
- Silverlight Toolkit Controls
- Styling and Control Templates
- Data Binding
- User Controls and Custom Controls
- ASP.NET Integration
- Preparing IIS for Silverlight
- Mixing HTML and Silverlight Content
- Optimizing Silverlight
- Server-Side XAML
- Data Access Strategies
- ASP.NET Web Services
- WCF Web Services
- WCF RIA Services with Entity Framework
- Silverlight 3
- Out of the Browser
- Shader Effects
- Using Behaviors
- Styling Improvements
- Data Validation
- Using Binary XML
- Bitmap APIs
- Blend 3 Improvements
- Silverlight 4
- Elevated Trust Applications
- Printing
- Webcam/Microphone
- Notification Windows
- Styling Improvements
- Data Binding Improvements
- Visual Studio 2010 Designer
- Clipboard/Drop Targets
- COM Integration
Testimonials
To have followed Silverlight from the beginning, I can confirme that this training provide pertinant information for beginners as well as more advanced developers. Code samples are very effective in order to learn to control most of the technology. So if you want to have a strong foundation for developing with Silverlight, Silverlight Tour is a must.
Louis-Philippe Pinsonneault
Thanks for the course. I am glad I took it. There were some "gaps" in my Silverlight knowledge that you addressed and I feel much more confident now.
Klinger Torres - Calgary
La formation était très complète et les échanges enrichissants. Cela m'a permis de découvrir en profondeur Silverlight et de me positionner sur une technologie RIA à fort potentiel.
David Coppet - Nexeo