Microsoft Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards
What benefit does Silverlight bring to the table?
Client-side application development
Cross-browser development simplified
Overview of Dashboards and Silverlight
Current state of building dashboards
When good just isn't good enough
Why should we use Silverlight?
Silverlight Design and Development Tools
Blend strengths and weaknesses
Visual Studio strengths and weaknesses
Creating a Silverlight Dashboard Application
Dashboard Types and User Needs
Different dashboards for different needs
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—typical dashboard charts and graphs
Focusing on needs, not technology
Scenario-based requirements and design
Interaction aesthetics versus visual aesthetics
Scenario-based design of our dashboard
Getting started with styling our Dashboard
Building an End-to-End Solution
Building the server components
Defining the presentation layer
Understanding network security
Building services with Windows Communication Foundation
Building Dashboards in SharePoint and Silverlight
Building a Silverlight web part
Building a SharePoint Silverlight dashboard