The second edition of this Microsoft manual on the Silverlight 2 browser plug-in has been revised to include new beta updates which have been made available to web developers online. Moroney is a Senior Technology Evangelist at Microsoft, and he shows Silverlight 2 users how to install and maintain the application in order to build simple websites, create graphics and experiment with media, ink and Deep Zoom. A section is also devoted to the use of newer programming languages such as Ruby and Python while exploring the various features of the latest version of this software. Access to additional C# and XAML codes are also available with purchase. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The second edition of this Microsoft manual on the Silverlight 2 browser plug-in has been revised to include new beta updates which have been made available to web developers online. Moroney is a Senior Technology Evangelist at Microsoft, and he shows Silverlight 2 users how to install and maintain the application in order to build simple websites, create graphics and experiment with media, ink and Deep Zoom. A section is also devoted to the use of newer programming languages such as Ruby and Python while exploring the various features of the latest version of this software. Access to additional C# and XAML codes are also available with purchase.