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DAY 1

1. What is Silverlight?

An Overview of Silverlight

A Bit of History

Silverlight Architecture

Silverlight Hosting

Execution Environment

Cross browser support

2. What’s New in the .NET Framework 3.5

The Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

CardSpace

LINQ

LAB: Create sample application using WPF and WCF.

DAY 2

3. The Silverlight Framework

Overview

Silverlight vs. WPF

Silverlight Languages

Windows Live Services

Integrating Silverlight with ASP.NET AJAX

Creating a Silverlight Application

Creating a Silverlight Animation

LAB: Experiment with Silverlight animation and create a simple Silverlight application.

4. Silverlight Controls

Layout Controls

User Interface Controls

Additional Controls

Skinning Controls

Control Data Templates

LAB: Create a data entry form using Silverlight.

DAY 3

5. Networking in Silverlight Applications

Sockets

Service Oriented Architecture

POX

JSON

REST

RSS

Atom

LAB: Integrate networking in Silverlight.

6. Accessing Data Using Silverlight

Storing Data in Code

Serialization

Working with XML

Accessing Data

Isolated Storage

Data Binding in Silverlight

DataGrid Control

LAB: Build data driven Silverlight example.

DAY 4

7. Animating Silverlight

The Importance of an Impressive User Interface

Drawing Graphics

Animation

Deep Zoom

LAB: Create some Silverlight animations.

8. Streaming Media Using Silverlight

Integrating Multimedia

Microsoft Expression Media Encoder

Encoding Media Using Expression Media Encoder

LAB: Configure and illustrate Silverlight streaming content.

9. Securing Silverlight Applications

Software Security Basics

SOA Security

Silverlight Security

Networking Security

Cryptography

LAB: Apply security to Silverlight application.

DAY 5

10. Debugging, Testing, and Deploying Silverlight Applications

Error Handling Overview

Debugging and Testing

Deploying

LAB: Deploy a Silverlight application.

11. Improving Silverlight Application Performance

Background worker process

Threading

The WebClient Class

LAB: Create a Silverlight application that uses the background process.

12. Advanced Silverlight Development Concepts

Silverlight Mobile Development

Globalization and Localization