Silverlight
4 in Action, Revised Edition is almost complete. I've
turned in all 25 chapters plus appendix, and had them go through
editorial review, tech review, and copy editing. All the images are
in-place. All that's left is for me to finish writing the front
matter (About this Book, Acknowledgements, Preface)
Though we haven't updated the page count on the Manning site and
Amazon yet, it's expected to come in around 800 pages. The final
table of contents:
1. Introducing Silverlight
2. Core XAML
3. The application model and the plug-In
4. Integrating with the browser
5. Integrating with the desktop
6. Rendering, layout and transforming
7. Panels
8. Human input
9. Text
10. Controls and UserControls
11. Binding
12. Data controls: The Datagrid &
Dataform
13. Input validation
14. Networking and communications
15. Navigation and dialogs
16. Structuring and testing with MVVM/ ViewModel
pattern
17. WCF RIA services
18. Graphics and effects
19. Printing
20. Displaying and capturing media
21. Working with Bitmap images
22. Animation and behaviors
23. Resources, styles and control templates
24. Creating panels and controls
25. The install experiences and pre-loaders
Appendix A: Database, connection and data model
setup
I may be a little biased, but I consider this to be a very
comprehensive book for folks looking to write non-trivial
applications in Silverlight 4.
If you've ordered the MEAP (Manning Early Access Edition) you
should get an announcement of the new chapters soon. Keep in mind
that while the content in the chapters is final, it's still early
access: the version before the final editing passes.
We're not far off from final paper publication (several chapters
are already being typeset). I can't provide an exact date just yet,
but folks are working overtime to get this book out in record
time.
If you're curious about the book, visit the site and download
the free copy of Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight.
