Confused about how to get started using Silverlight? Have you attended Silverlight seminars only to find out that they are doing all this graphics stuff and you need to write a business application? This seminar will focus on Silverlight for the business application programmer. You will learn to create real-world business applications using Styles, Resources, Data Binding, WCF Services and much more in this 1 day seminar.

Instructor:  Paul D. Sheriff. 

Paul D. Sheriff is the President of PDSA, Inc. (www.pdsa.com), a Microsoft Partner in Southern California. Paul acts as the Microsoft Regional Director for Southern California assisting the local Microsoft offices with several of their events each year and being an evangelist for them. Paul has authored literally hundreds of books, webcasts, videos and articles on .NET, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone and SQL Server. Paul can be reached via email at PSheriff@pdsa.com. Check out Paul's new code generator 'Haystack' at www.CodeHaystack.com.

Agenda:

The following topics will be presented in this 1 day journey where we assume you know nothing about Silverlight. Along the way you will become very comfortable with the techniques you will need to know to create business applications.

• Continental Breakfast (7:45am - 8:30 am)
• From Zero to Silverlight in 75 Minutes (8:30am – 9:45am)
• Styles, Resources and Templates, Oh My! (10am – 11am)
• Eliminate Code using Data Binding  (11am – 12:30pm)
• 10 Cool Ways to use the Silverlight ListBox (1:30pm – 2:45pm)
• Simplify the MVVM Design Pattern (3pm – 4pm)
• 10 Tips to Spice up Your Silverlight Apps (Even if you are not a designer!) (4pm – 5pm)

The SRT Solutions Software Development Series brings nationally recognized teachers and trainers to Ann Arbor on a monthly basis. These events provide a local training opportunity that brings high-quality content to Ann Arbor area software developers."