Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Silverlight 4
  • Introduction
  • Getting our environment ready to start developing Silverlight applications
  • Creating our first service-enabled and data-driven Silverlight 4 application using Visual Studio 2010
  • Using the workflow between Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 4
  • Using source control in Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 4
  • Deploying a Silverlight application on the server

• Chapter 2: An Introduction to Data Binding
  • Introduction
  • Displaying data in Silverlight applications
  • Creating dynamic bindings
  • Binding data to another UI element
  • Binding collections to UI elements
  • Enabling a Silverlight application to automatically update its UI
  • Obtaining data from any UI element it is bound to
  • Using the different modes of data binding to allow persisting data
  • Data binding from Expression Blend 4
  • Using Expression Blend 4 for sample data generation

• Chapter 3: Advanced Data Binding
  • Introduction
  • Hooking into the data binding process
  • Replacing converters with Silverlight 4 BindingBase properties
  • Validating databound input
  • Validating data input using attributes
  • Validating using IDataErrorInfo and INotifyDataErrorInfo
  • Using templates to customize the way data is shown by controls
  • Building a change-aware collection type
  • Combining converters, data binding, and DataContext into a custom DataTemplate

• Chapter 4: The Data Grid
  • Introduction
  • Displaying data in a customized DataGrid
  • Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a DataGrid
  • Sorting and grouping data in a DataGrid
  • Filtering and paging data in a DataGrid
  • Using custom columns in the DataGrid
  • Implementing master-detail in the DataGrid
  • Validating the DataGrid

• Chapter 5: The DataForm
  • Introduction
  • Displaying and editing an object using the DataForm
  • Displaying and editing a collection using the DataForm
  • Customizing the DataForm using Data Annotations
  • Customizing the DataForm using a custom DataTemplate
  • Customizing the DataForm template
  • Validating the DataForm

• Chapter 6: Talking to Services
  • Introduction
  • Connecting and reading from a standardized service
  • Persisting data using a standardized service
  • Configuring cross-domain calls
  • Working cross-domain from a trusted Silverlight application
  • Reading XML using HttpWebRequest
  • Reading out an RSS feed
  • Aggregating RSS feeds
  • Talking with services in the Windows Azure cloud
  • Persisting data to and reading data from the Windows Azure cloud
  • Using socket communication in Silverlight

• Chapter 7: Talking to WCF and ASMX Services
  • Introduction
  • Invoking a service that exposes data
  • Invoking a service such as Bing.com
  • Handling faults when calling a service
  • Optimizing performance using binary XML
  • Using duplex communication
  • Using duplex communication with the WCF net.tcp binding
  • Debugging a service in Silverlight
  • Ensuring data is encrypted
  • Securing service communication using message-based security
  • Uploading files to a WCF service
  • Displaying images as a stream from a WCF service
  • Hooking into proxy creation using slsvcutil.exe
  • Calling a WCF service from Silverlight using ChannelFactory

• Chapter 8: Talking to REST and WCF Data Services
  • Introduction
  • Reading data from a REST service
  • Parsing REST results with LINQ-To-XML
  • Persisting data using a REST service
  • Working with the ClientHttpStack
  • Communicating with a REST service using JSON
  • Using WCF Data Services with Silverlight
  • Reading data using WCF Data Services
  • Persisting data using WCF Data Services
  • Talking to Flickr
  • Talking to Twitter over REST
  • Passing credentials and cross-domain access to Twitter from a trusted Silverlight application

• Chapter 9: Talking to WCF RIA Services
  • Introduction
  • Setting up a data solution to work with RIA Services
  • Getting data on the client
  • Sorting and filtering data
  • Persisting data to the server
  • Persisting a Unit of Work/changeset
  • Working with concurrency and transactions
  • Tracking a user's identity
  • Controlling a user's access to a service and service methods
  • Validating data using data annotations
  • Validating data using shared code
  • Using the DomainDataSource
  • Using the DomainDataSource to page through data
  • Sorting, filtering, and grouping data using the DomainDataSource

• Chapter 10: Converting Your Existing Applications to Use Silverlight
  • Introduction
  • Calling a stored procedure from Silverlight
  • Working with LINQ to SQL from Silverlight
  • Working with the Entity Framework from Silverlight
  • Converting a Silverlight application to use WCF RIA Services
  • Using ASP.NET Authentication in Silverlight
  • Using ASP.NET Roles in Silverlight
  • Using ASP.NET Profiles in Silverlight

• Appendix
  • Creating a REST service from WCF
  • Installing a SQL Server database
  • Working with Fiddler
  • Working with the Silverlight control toolkit

• Index

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