Chapter 4. Integrating Silverlight 4 with SharePoint 2010

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This chapter is taken from Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration (Chapter 1) by Gastón C. Hillar.

We want to include Silverlight 4 RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) in SharePoint 2010. RIAs provide rich experience for users, both through their browsers and outside them. Integrating Silverlight RIAs in SharePoint 2010 offers amazing opportunities to combine the power and flexibility offered by SharePoint with great user experiences. In fact, many interfaces shown in SharePoint 2010 are developed in Silverlight. We want to integrate Silverlight RIAs into SharePoint 2010. First, we must understand some of the fundamentals that are related to various tools and their configurations. In this chapter, we will cover many topics to help us understand the new tools and techniques involved in creating Silverlight RIAs for SharePoint 2010 sites. We will:

• Understand the benefits of integrating Silverlight with SharePoint...