Silverlight Firestarter Labs
- 18 Parts
This Silverlight 4 Firestarter Training course was created to enable fast adoption of Silverlight for line of business applications. All the labs are very practical oriented and provides a real-world samples used in Silverlight Line of Business (LOB) applications. The course is built from 11 modules. Each module has 1 lab and 1 or more videos. You can either get them all in our offline package or check them out individually below:
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New On Ramp Labs (100 level)
- Hands on labs specifically focused on helping new developers get up to speed quickly on Silverlight
- Do you know WinForms? HTML? ASP.NET? Want to learn Silverlight? We have a lab for you!
Building Better Business Apps (200-300 level)
- Hands on labs focused on taking advantage of Silverlight to build real world business applications
- Apply Data Strategies, MVVM, Patterns, Out of Browser, RIA Services, and much more using Silverlight
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8 minutes, 6 secondsLab 5 - Exercise 4 - Export Data to Excel, Word, and moreDec 01, 2010 at 9:58 PM
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Lab 5 - Exercise 4 - Export Data to Excel, Word, and more Once you’ve enabled your application to use eleveated privleges you have the ability to communicate with COM to both invoke actions and listen to events. This video shows how to communicate with Excel, Word, Outlook, and more using… -
16 minutes, 39 secondsLab 6 - Great UX with Blend - Exercises 1-3Dec 01, 2010 at 10:00 PM 2
Lab 6 - Great UX with Blend - Exercises 1-3 Using key features in Blend can help you create great user experiences without compromising your existing code base. In this video, you will learn how to use Blend and to create rich clients and enhance the user experience of your application.… -
43 minutes, 57 secondsLab 7 - Working with WCF Services in Silverlight Applications - Exercises 1-3Dec 01, 2010 at 10:00 PM 0
Lab 7 - Working with WCF Services in Silverlight Applications - Exercises 1-3 The ability to access distributed data is a key skill that every Silverlight developer should have. In this video you'll see how Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services can be created and used in Silverlight… -
46 minutes, 52 secondsLab 8 - Using WCF RIA Services - Exercises 1-5Dec 01, 2010 at 10:00 PM 0
Lab 8 - Using WCF RIA Services - Exercises 1-5 WCF RIA Services provides a great way to get data into and out of your Silverlight Line of Business (LOB) applications. In this video Dan walks through exercises 1-5 of the WCF RIA Services lab and discusses concepts such as domain services, using the… -
12 minutes, 58 secondsLab 9 - Exercise 1 & 2 - Enabling a drop zone and Importing Excel dataDec 01, 2010 at 10:01 PM 0
Lab 9: Deep Dive into Out of Browser Exercise 1 & 2 - Enabling a drop zone and Importing Excel data Going beyond the standard out-of-browser examples, this video demonstrates how to use Silverlight out-of-browser and apply it to a real world scenario. You’ll learn how to consume and… -
14 minutes, 43 secondsLab 9 - Exercises 3 & 4 - Working with the hard drive and checking for application updatesDec 01, 2010 at 10:01 PM 0
Lab 9: Deep Dive into Out of Browser Exercises 3 & 4 - Working with the hard drive and checking for application updates In a trusted application, Silverlight only has access to certain directories. This video shows how to get around some of those restrictions. You’ll learn how to… -
37 minutes, 4 secondsLab 10 - Using the MVVM Pattern in Silverlight Applications - Excercies 1-3Dec 01, 2010 at 10:02 PM 1
Lab 10 - Using the MVVM Pattern in Silverlight Applications Once you've learned the fundamentals of Silverlight you'll want to learn about best practices that can be applied to your applications to allow for better code re-use, testing and simplified maintenance. In this video Dan and John walk… -
29 minutes, 40 secondsLab 11 - Package tracking application for Windows Phone 7 - Excercises 1-4Dec 01, 2010 at 10:02 PM 0
Lab 11 - Package tracking application for Windows Phone 7 This video demonstrates an end to end application using Silverlight on Windows Phone 7. You’ll learn the differences between Silverlight for the phone and on the desktop. Additionally, you’ll learn how to integrate WCF services…
