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Microsoft Silverlight Training Class for Designers
Microsoft Silverlight Class for Designers
Silverlight for Designers Class Length: 2 days
This two-day class is for designers who need to learn Silverlight to create interactive content for the Web. Attendees explore the capabilities of the Silverlight platform along with the tools and techniques for creating interactive Silverlight content with Microsoft Expression Studio. This course examines effective workflows between designers and developers, and ways to leverage existing design skills with tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Contact AGI about this Microsoft Silverlight training class.
Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.
Microsoft Silverlight Training Class - Topics Covered
- Silverlight overview
- Expression Studio Tools overview
- Workflow for creating Silverlight content
- Marking up integration with shapes
- Creating assets with Expression Design
- Creating animations using Blend
- Building assets for a Silverlight project
- Creating animation & basic interactivity
- C# essentials
- Working with data
- Adding multimedia with Expression Media
- Working with the Visual State Manager
- Advanced coding & interactivity
- Deep Zoom Composer
- Final deployment
Microsoft Silverlight Training Class - Topics Covered
Silverlight overview
- Understanding Silverlight capabilities
- Introduction to XAML
- Customizing user interface
- Using controls
- Adding interactivity
- Publishing and XAP file
Expression Studio tools overview
- Expression Design, Blend, Media, and Web
Workflow for creating Silverlight content
- Roles of web designers and web developers
- Introduction to XAML
Marking up integration with shapes
- Definition of the drawing API
Creating animations using Blend
- The workspace
- Defining the Silverlight workflow
- Using the layout model (Canvases, StackPanels, Grids)
- Animation using the Blend timeline and storyboard
- Using controls in your animation
- Drawing, painting, and importing assets
Prototyping Silverlight projects
Building assets for Silverlight project
- Importing assets
- Creating objects
- Applying properties
- Transforming
Naming and Arranging Elements
- Grid control and canvas control
- Transforming
- ViewBox control
Creating animation & basic interactivity
- Understanding storyboards
- Creating storyboard resources
- Using behaviors
C# essentials
Working with data
- List & DataGrid controls
- Setting data binding
Adding multimedia
- Encoding video for Silverlight using Expression Media Encoder
- Preparing video
- Encoding basics
- Controlling media elements
- Adding video to projects
Working with the Visual State Manager
- Modifying UI controls
- Modifying states & transitions
- Creating a custom UI Control
- Defining states & transitions in a custom control
- Editing the content presenter
Advanced Coding & Interactivity
- Using classes
- Adding states
- Extending custom controls
Deep Zoom Composer
- Creating a Deep Zoom project
- Adding source files
- Creating a composition
- Publishing a Deep Zoom experience
Final Deployment
- Building your solution
- Adding Silverlight applications to web pages
Custom and private classes
This course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
Microsoft Silverlight Training Class Prerequisites
We recommend that you have the Microsoft Visual Studio software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it at from the Microsoft web site.
Microsoft Silverlight Training Class Course Materials
You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by the Certified Instructors at AGI.