Earlier today, I got confirmation that my first book I wrote (together with Kevin Dockx) has been published and can now be ordered, both in e-book and hard copy. This is the new cover. The book also marks the launch of the new brand of Packt, namely Packt Enterprise.
The e-book version is available from the publisher’s website: https://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-silverlight-4-data-and-services-cookbook/book . On this site, you can also get a discount on the printed version.
You can also buy the book from Amazon of course (which at this moment still lists it as pre-order though). If you shop at Amazon.com, you can get your copy here: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Silverlight-Data-Services-Cookbook/dp/1847199844. If you rather order at Amazon UK, you can order here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Silverlight-Data-Services-Cookbook/dp/1847199844/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272289229&sr=8-1.
If you want to get a more in-depth look at what the book has to offer, take a look here: https://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-silverlight-4-data-and-services-cookbook/book#in_detail .
What the book is about:
Silverlight 3 made a big step into Line-Of-Business applications and Silverlight 4 builds further on this. This book is not a general Silverlight 4 overview book; it is uniquely aimed at developers who want to build data-driven applications using Silverlight. It focuses on showing . NET developers how to interact with and handle multiple sources of data in Silverlight business applications and how to solve particular data problems, following a practical hands-on approach, using real-world recipes in a practical cookbook format. The book is aimed at Silverlight 4, however most of the covered features work both in Silverlight 3 and 4.
By following the practical recipes in this book, you will learn the concepts needed to create data-rich business applications—from the basic creation of a Silverlight application, to displaying data using data binding and upgrading your existing applications to use Silverlight.
Who this book is written for:
If you are a .NET developer who wants to build professional data-driven applications with Silverlight, then this book is for you. Basic Silverlight experience and familiarity with accessing data using ADO.NET in regular .NET applications is required.
What you will learn from this book:
- Display and validate data efficiently in Silverlight business applications using data binding
- Use the full power of the important data controls in Silverlight such as the DataGrid and the DataForm
- Discover how your Silverlight business applications can quickly access data residing in a database or even Windows Azure by calling web services using XML, RSS, JSON and more
- Exchange information between Silverlight clients and WCF or ASMX services in your Silverlight business applications
- Add functionality to your Silverlight business applications by harnessing REST and WCF Data Services
- Communicate with well-known REST APIs such as Flickr and Twitter from Silverlight
- Simplify your data-driven business application development with WCF RIA Services
You can also read some sample recipes on the Packt site here: https://www.packtpub.com/article/inserting-updating-deleting-sorting-grouping-displaying-data-grid-silverlight .
I do hope you’ll like the book. If you have any questions on the book, don’t hesitate to mail me at silverlight@snowball.be .