
MCTS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development (70-506) Certification Guide
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Data makes the world go round. I'm sure you have heard this phrase before, and Silverlight is no stranger to that saying. Silverlight offers a rich platform for working with data, and in this chapter, we are going to cover it thoroughly. We will discuss data binding, a major concept for working with data in Silverlight. We will then move on to discussing data formatting and value converters; and finish off with data validation, which is something that no data-driven application is complete without.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
Implementing data binding
Formatting data
Creating and consuming value converters
Implementing data validation
Data binding, at its core, provides a simple way for a Silverlight developer to work with data by separating the display module from the data management module. By establishing a connection between data objects from the backend and the UI layer, you get a mechanism that lets you update...
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