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Silverlight 4 User Interface

Cookbook

Build and implement rich, standard-friendly user

interfaces with Silverlight and Expression Blend

Vibor Cipan

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

Silverlight 4 User Interface Cookbook

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First published: August 2010

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Credits

Author

Vibor Cipan

Editorial Team Leader

Akshara Aware

Reviewers

Thomas Martinsen

Project Team Leader

Ashwin Shetty

Chanh Ong

Project Coordinator

Ashwin Shetty

Yingwei Yang

Acquisition Editor

David Barnes

Proofreader

Aaron Nash

Development Editor

Tarun Singh

Production Coordinators

Adline Swetha Jesuthas

Kruthika Bangera

Technical Editors

Pallavi Kachare

Cover Work

Adline Swetha Jesuthas

Namita Sahni

Indexer

Rekha Nair

Foreword

At a recent workshop, a developer raised his hand and asked me if I could teach me him

how to design. I responded with "Not in 10 minutes, I can't."

Although a poor attempt at humor on both of our sides, his request had a real motivation.

As technologies like Silverlight push forward, the lines between where the design work

stops and the development work begins have begun to blur. This new type of technology,

which provides such a large amount of UI customization with ease, can produce amazing

results. This type of UI freedom can also be very intimidating and possibly produce awful

results. Trust me, I've seen it before.

Guidance is needed for both developers and designers to know how best to take

advantage of Silverlight's lexible UI capabilities. Luckily, there are a few people who

specialize in this space between design and development and act as a catalyst to bring

out the best results from the two sides.

There are three tasks that this Design Developer person can aid with during the

development cycle:

• Converting the graphical design assets into interactive UI elements that

maintain the same appearance, interaction, and motion

• Providing the integration of the UI elements with the logic, functionality,

and data of the application

• Sharing their knowledge with both designers and developers to bring them

closer to the dividing line of tasks and improving their worklow and abilities

Vibor Cipan, the author of this book, is one of those Design Developers who helps with

all three of the aforementioned tasks. He is also an active community member, with a

popular blog, a passion for UX, and a lot of history in the Silverlight space.

In this book, he shares his knowledge of UI patterns covering: when to use them, why they

work, and how to implement them in Silverlight. For the designer who is already familiar

with the UI patterns, this book can help you begin to implement them in Silverlight and

Expression Blend. For the developer who already knows the code, this book can help you

decide when and why to use which pattern.

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