HI .NET Users Group: Using the Silverlight Toolkit

Topic: Using the Silverlight Toolkit
Speaker: Calvin Schrotenboer

Silverlight 2 was released in October 2008. Key improvements over Version 1 include the ability to program all code behind in C# or Visual Basic.NET (instead of only JavaScript) and a few built-in user controls (buttons, image controls, list boxes, etc.). However, there were only a limited number of these controls. The remaining controls can be found in the Silverlight Toolkit ( http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight/). There are currently three parts to the Toolkit: controls, charting and theming. Notable controls include the TreeView, AutoCompleteBox, DockPanel and WrapPanel.

This presentation will provide an overview of the Silverlight Toolkit followed by some detailed examples of Silverlight Charting.

Cal's Bio

Cal is a C# developer with experience in building application front ends for SQL Server databases. He also teaches programming classes (Advanced C#, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, WCF, SQL Server 2008) at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills and Microsoft Network Administration (MCSE) classes at Mission College in Santa Clara. Cal has written numerous articles on Silverlight for Microsoft which appear on www.devx.com. His outside interests include travel and photography (http://www.travelswithcal.com). Recently, a particular interest has been Silverlight Deep Zoom photography examples of which can be seen at http://www.travelswithcal.com/deepzoom/ Photographs of the Obama Inauguration can be seen at http://www.travelswithcal.com/deepzoom/obamainauguration/

As always, free pizza, drinks and door prizes will be given away. Hope to see you there.

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