Microsoft Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards

Todd Snyder has been a software developer/architect for over 16 years. During that time, he has spent several years as a consultant providing technical guidance and leadership for the development of enterprise class systems on the Microsoft Platform. At Infragistics, he is a principal consultant that focuses on the design and construction of RIA and n-tier based applications. Todd is the co-leader for the New Jersey .Net user group (http://www.njdotnet.net/) and is a frequent speaker at trade shows, code camps, and Firestarters. Joel Eden, PhD has been working in the area of user experience and design methods for over 10 years. Currently a Senior Interaction Designer working on UX Tools at Infragistics, Joel spent three years in the Infragistics Services group, consulting for external clients. Prior to Infragistics, he worked at multiple design agencies in the Philadelphia area, as well as working at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Labs. Joel holds a B.S. in Computer Science, and a Ph.D in Information Science, both from Drexel University. Jeffrey Smith has been a Visual Designer for six years. During that time he has been an Art Director at various agencies and studied special effects and animation at NYU. A convert from flash and flex he has been working with .NET technologies for the past two years, specializing in WPF and Silverlight. At Infragistics, he is an UX Visual Designer that focuses on the design, implementation and User Experience. You can view some of his work at http://www.thinksinkstudio.com.

Preface Chapter 1: The Silverlight Technology Chapter 2: Overview of Dashboards and Silverlight Chapter 3: Silverlight Design and Development Tools Chapter 4: Building a Basic Dashboard Chapter 5: Dashboard Types and User Needs Chapter 6: Designing for Insight Chapter 7: Designing your Dashboard Chapter 8: Building an End-to-End Solution Chapter 9: Data Access Strategies Chapter 10: Building Dashboards in SharePoint and Silverlight Index