Silverlight 3.0 workshop

 Building a Twitter client ◦ Resource dictionary ◦ The Silverlight toolkit: ChildWindow and WrapPanel ◦ Effects ◦ 3D ◦ Behaviors ◦ Out of browser

 Importing a Interface  Show some new Expression Blend 3 features

 Create the resources  Create the login screen  Building the header  Showing the tweets  Show all the friends you follow  Take the application out of browser

 Create a resource dictionary ◦ Colors.xaml  Add all the resources  Link it to the App.xaml file  Can be replaced in another project

 Is part of the Silverlight Toolkit  Can be used as a dialog window  You can adjust the look and feel  Now used as a login control

 Only 2 build-in effects ◦ Blur ◦ Drop Shadow  You can create your own effects using pixel shaders

 Put 3D objects in 3D space  X, Y and Z rotation  X, Y and Z rotation point

 Used to add interactivity  Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity  Expression Blend has some build-in behaviors 

 Takes an application “out of the browser”  Still sandboxed  Check if the application is already installed  Check online | offline state