50197 - Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2.0

Module 2: Getting Started with Silverlight 2.0
This module will help students develop the skills necessary to create simple Silverlight 2.0 applications. It will also define the Silverlight architecture and help set the platform for working with the Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).

Lessons
• Building a Silverlight Application
• Silverlight Architecture
• Working with XAML

Lab : Building Silverlight applications
• Build a Silverlight application using Visual Studio 2008

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Install the appropriate Silverlight project file templates
• Build simple Silverlight 2.0 web applications
• Understand the Silverlight architecture and the foundation of its framework
• Discuss the core presentation components of the Silverlight framework

Module 3: Building the User Interface
This module provides in-depth detail of the page layout model and the content and items control that can be used to define it.

Lessons
• Defining Page Layout
• Content Controls
• Items Controls

Lab : Building the User Interface
• Use an XML namespace and define an items control

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Design and define the layout of the user interface
• Describe the sequence of events to position controls
• Understand how content and header controls differ and the situations that best suit these types of controls

Module 4: Customising Appearance
This module provides in-depth detail of the page layout model and the content and items control that can be used to define it.

Lessons
• Resources
• Styling and Templates
• Introduction to UI Automation
• Text and Fonts

Lab : Customising Appearance
• Customise the appearance of the application

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Understand the value and importance of resources
• Differentiate between custom controls and controls using resources
• Create resources for use within a page and within an application
• Represent the visual appearance of controls in different states
• Use styles and templates to manipulate the user interface
• Harness the power of UI Automation to develop applications with accessibility in mind
• Create, format and transform text elements

Module 5: Graphics and Multimedia
This module explains the primary mechanisms of displaying media as well as Silverlight specific features that enhance the user experience.

Lessons
• Creating Graphics
• Displaying Images
• Audio and Video

Lab : Using graphics and media content
• Adding Images to Application
• Adding Video to Application

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Draw graphics with built-in controls, paths & geometries
• Use the Ink Presenter control to provide a pen tool service
• Understand the common properties with all shapes
• Manipulate images and paint partial images using brushes
• Define media elements to display video
• Use the specialised video brush to paint on demand or streaming video
• List the supported audio and video formats as well as the option of server side playlists

Module 6: Animating Silverlight
This module explains some basic concepts of animation and how to apply animations within a Silverlight application.

Lessons
• Animation
• Animation using Microsoft Expression Blend

Lab : Animating controls and shapes
• Animate shapes by changing properties

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Define animation and understand the advantages
• Understand the different types of animation
• Create animation and use animation to change properties of elements over time
• Use Microsoft Expression Blend to design and create animations on a timeline

Module 7: Managed and Unmanaged Silverlight 2.0 Code
This module provides insights into the languages and libraries that could be used to develop Silverlight 2.0 applications.

Lessons
• Language Foundation
• Dynamic Languages
• Isolated Storage
• Host integration for Silverlight

Lab : Using Silverlight programming foundations and features
• Use managed code to access Isolated Storage

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Understand the foundation of the language which includes the libraries available in Silverlight
• Use asynchronous call-back methods to provide an effective user experience
• Create Silverlight applications using dynamic languages
• Use Isolated Storage to store site information
• Understand the configuration options of the Silverlight plug-in in regards to site quota
• Use scriptable objects to communicat e with the host web page
• Use JavaScript to access managed Silverlight objects

Module 8: Silverlight Service Architecture
This module discusses the Silverlight 2 .0 Service Architecture used to access web services and retrieve information from other resources such as sockets and feeds.

Lessons
• Access Restrictions
• Web Services
• Syndication
• Working with Sockets

Lab : Consuming Services
• Use managed code
• Consume web services
• Retrieve the data asynchronously

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Understand network security and the policy files required for service calls
• How to consume existing XML based Web Services
• Work with Windows Communication Foundation services
• Integrate with online APIs
• Understand Syndications and what essential namespace do
• Utilise and integrate socket calls and procedures

Module 9: Silverlight Data Access
The focus of this module is the use of data - binding fea tures available to Silverlight and to how to define custom templates for items controls.

Lessons
• Silverlight Data Binding
• Binding to Collections of Objects
• Data Templates

Lab : Accessing Data
• Create an observable collection
• Bind the data to an items control

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Understand the advantages and efficiencies of data-binding
• Differentiate between the various binding modes
• Use TwoWay binding validation to validate and control user input
• Understand the importance of observable collections and how to create them
• Use LINQ to query enumerable objects
• Create data templates to customise and map objects to a defined formatted layout

Module 10: Packaging and Deploying Silverlight
This module describes how to prepare a Silverlight 2.0 application for deployment.

Lessons
• The Silverlight Package
• Deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Understand the contents of the application package
• Read and comprehend the details of the meta data
• How the application package handles assemblies and resources
• How to instantiate the Silverlight plug-in
• Configure the mandatory parameters of the HTML object
• Handle any errors from the deployed package using JavaScript functions and event parameters

Additional Reading
To help you prepare for this class, you could review the following resources:
• Silverlight Resource Site (http://www.silverlight.net)
• MSDN Articles. Search terms: XAML, WPF, HTML (http://msdn.microsoft.com)