Silverlight 3

TL;DR; Overview of Silverlight 3 features, improvements, and its use for .NET and WPF developers, with insights from a detailed programmer’s reference book.

Published on 20 August 2009

Written by Martin Hinshelwood

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Over the past week I have been reading the new book Silverlight 3 Programmer’s Reference from Wrox and I have found it one of the best books on Silverlight I have seen in a good while. It is concise without being boring and it provides a wealth of information on Silverlight 3.

And it is in Colour! I never would have thought that this would make such a difference, I don’t really know why I thought this as I hate looking at code in notepad, but it makes it much easier to read the code pages, both c#/vb and xaml.

Because I have been using WPF for a number of years this book is perfect for me, although this is a reference book, It has a nice layout that is conducive to both learning and reference.

Will I be hanging up my WPF hat and replacing it with a Silverlight one? Well, no… but Silverlight 3 is a big step forward…

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