Animating visuals
Animation is a first-class citizen in Silverlight. In LOB type of applications, animations can be used to enhance the user experience. Think about page transitioning in your application. Would users rather have a dull "screen-for-screen" type of transition where the pages just replace one another, or a nice subtle smooth transition where the pages slide, one next to another?
In Silverlight, the animation framework is time based. That means that you set a start and end position, and Silverlight takes care of the interpolation. Animations are best created using Microsoft Expression Blend and not directly with code. Every animation must have a storyboard, which is an object that is responsible for organizing and controlling the animation defined within it. Storyboard is the root of all animations, and for this reason, we will begin our discussion on this subject with it.
Creating storyboards
A Storyboard must contain an animation. Silverlight offers three types of animations...