W elcome to Beginning Silverlight 2: From Novice to Professional. This book will provide you with an introduction to Silverlight: what it is, what it means to you as a developer, and how to begin developing Silverlight-enabled applications. You'll not only read about the features of the Silverlight development environment, but also work through many hands-on examples that demonstrate exactly how to use those features to create rich Internet applications (RIAs). Who Should Read This Book This book is written for application developers who want to get started with Silverlight 2. It assumes that...