Beginning Silverlight 5 in C#, Fourth Edition

Introduction

There are many ways you can learn a new technology such as Silverlight. For starters, Microsoft has gotten better and better with the documentation that is released with its programming technologies, and it has also supplemented that documentation with employee blogs and technology sites such as www.silverlight.net. There are widely used forums that are available where many experts participate. Training can also be purchased if you have the cash flow to justify it. While all of these are great options, many people still resort to purchasing a book on the technology. But with so many books on the market, how do you know what book is best?

     My philosophy on learning a new technology is that there is no better way than to actually ...