Length:    3 Days
Language(s):    English
Audience(s):    Developers
Technology:    Microsoft Silverlight
Delivery Method:    Instructor-led (classroom)
Certification:        Release Q1 - 2011

About this Course

This three day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft Silverlight 3 applications through a variety of available development tools and techniques. It introduces the new features and concepts being introduced with the new version of the technology. The course focuses on user interfaces, program structure and implementation details.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for both novice and experienced .NET programmers who have a minimum of six months development experience and have basic Windows navigation skills.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Create a simple Silverlight 2/3 application based on the Visual Studio Silverlight application template.
• Use existing user controls to create a user interface and customize their templates and styles to provide an optimal user experience.
• Create Silverlight custom controls.
• Use data binding mechanisms to populate controls with a data.
• Consume existing WCF/Web services from Silverlight applications.
• Communicate with the Silverlight hosting environment (HTML DOM).

Prerequisites

• Before attending this course, students must have:
• Working knowledge of C#, HTML and JavaScript
• Highly recommended: web development knowledge (web development basics will not be covered in this course)