Silverlight 4 User Interface Cookbook - Softcover

Cipan, Vibor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847198864 ISBN 13: 9781847198860

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Silverlight makes it much easier to build web applications with highly usable, interactive, and exciting user interfaces. However, with so many new options open to designers and developers, making the best use of the tools available is not always so easy. It's ease of use and rapid development process has left one area completely uncovered-- how to design, build, and implement professional and usable interfaces, and create an enjoyable user experience and interaction. Written by a Microsoft MVP and Silverlight Prototyping Specialist, this book is the first and only book on developing Silverlight User Interfaces. Clear, step-by-step instructions show how to build all the user interface elements that users look forward to in a cutting edge app. This book offers essential recipes, with each recipe depicting the commonly used user interface patterns built with Silverlight, and in some cases, with WPF to showcase the possibilities. The author's experience in designing and developing user interfaces enables him to share insights on creating professional interfaces in a clear and friendly way. The book starts off with recipes dealing with fixed and fluid layouts, building custom command link controls, working with navigation, and collapsible panels, and then moves on to the more advanced topics such as calendars, alternating row colors, and task panes. The author covers a number of different UI patterns, controls, and approaches accompanied by XAML and C# code where needed (and explained), along with usage context and practical, proven, and professional techniques for specific controls and patterns. From maps to task panes, and web cam support to pixel shaders, this Cookbook provides you with a rich selection of Silverlight UI recipes. It covers all that you need to know in order to design and implement a user interface, together with professional user experience and interface guidelines to make your solutions and applications pleasurable for your users.The author has fou

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About the Author

Vibor Cipan is currently serving as the CEO and Partner of FatDUX Zagreb - a full service interactive UX and service design agency with offices around the world. Before joining FatDUX, Vibor worked at Microsoft Development Center in Copenhagen and before that, at Microsoft, Croatia. One thing, however, has stayed constant-his focus on user experience, service design, usability and information architecture. He has been awarded the prestigious title of 'Microsoft Most Valuable Professional' for three years in a row (and is still currently holding that title). He was the youngest awardee and the first one in the CEE, Europe to receive the award while being a full-time student.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847198864
• ISBN 13: 9781847198860
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280