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CSLA and XAML Technologies » XAML technologies » Silverlight » WPF » Windows Phone 7 » Silverlight will be used for demo

Agenda » CSLA + XAML = Excellent Fit » Structuring Solution » Asynchronous Communication » Serialization » Synchronous vs. Asynchronous rules » MVVM Implementation / UI Features

Why CSLA? » More specifically, why CSLA plus XAML are a good fit » Business logic placement » Sharing code between client and server and.NET runtime » UI oriented features » Data binding, validation, controls support » Communication abstraction

Solution Organization » Silverlight has its own run time » Solution organization / Code sharing » Choices for structuring classes » Single file with compiler directives » Common file plus separate files for each runtime » Linking files » Solution Automation with VS 2010

Asynchrony » Pervasive in Silverlight » Asynchronous Data Portal » Asynchronous Rules » WPF - synchronous vs. asynchronous.

Serialization » Different in CSLA for Silverlight » Runtime limitations » Serialization » Reflection » Gotcha » Property Info vs. Plain properties » Manual Serialization » Unit of Work

Rules in Asynchronous Environment » Synchronous rules » Required fields / Valid ranges / Etc… » Asynchronous rules » Database lookups / Web services / Etc… » Gotchas » Asynchronous rules on the server » Structuring files for asynchronous rules

UI Features » Data binding » INotifyPropertyChanged / INotifyCollectionChanged » INotifyDataErrorInfo » CSLA Object state (valid, busy, modified) » IEditableObject

MVVM Features » Commanding » TriggerAction / InvokeMethod » Using MVVM frameworks / creating commands » ViewModelBase / ViewModel (with TriggerAction) » PropertyStatus » BusyAnimation

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