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Ist die Einführung von E-Learning und E-Collaboration eine für unser Unternehmen nützliche Investition? Das ist eine Frage, auf die Sie nach Lektüre dieses Buches mit Sicherheit eine begründete Antwort geben werden! Multimediales Lernen im Netz, E-Learning und E-Collaboration haben sich in den letzten Jahren mit Riesenschritten weiter entwickelt. Viele Organisationen setzen inzwischen E-Learning erfolgreich ein und haben zahlreiche praktische Erfahrungen gesammelt. Multimediales Lernen im Netz bietet Entscheidungsträgern aus Personal und IT eine umfassende und zugleich kompakte Orientierung. Analysen, Checklisten, Hintergrundinformationen und zahlreiche praktische Beispiele runden diesen leicht verständlichen und lebendigen Leitfaden für E-Learning und E-Collaboration ab. Die einschlägige Berufs- und Gremientätigkeit der Autorinnen gewährleisten den hohen Praxisbezug.

Now more than ever, Windows applications have to work well and look good. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft's new user interface framework, gives you the ability to create stunning graphics, rich interactions, and highly-usable Windows applications. WPF is the API beneath Windows Vista interfaces, and it's also available for older versions of Windows. Up to this point, it has only been possible to build WPF applications manually, mainly by hand-coding in XAML-WPF's declarative XML-based markup language. The soon-to-be-released Visual Studio 2008 provides the full set of developer tools you need to take advantage of this exciting technology.

The combination of WPF and Visual Studio 2008 represents the start of the next generation of Windows applications. Hand-coding XAML is fine if you're an early adopter, but to put WPF into production, you need to master the tools and application styles you'll use in your day job.

WPF In Action focuses on WPF development using Visual Studio 2008 and other available tools.. The book starts with thorough coverage of the basics-layouts, styles, resources, and themes. It then takes you through several real-world scenarios, exploring common challenges and application-types. You'll build several sample applications, ranging from a simple calculator to a typical line-of-business application. Along the way, you'll add graphical elements, animation, and support for printing, accessibility, and other standard functionality.

Written in a witty, engaging style, WPF In Action can be read cover-to-cover or used to reference specific problems and issues. The approach is practical and always focused on how you'll use WPF in real development scenarios. You'll learn how to handle the many new issues presented by the extreme flexibility of WPF. The authors also provide numerous tips and suggestions for how to work efficiently.

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All in One is designed to teach, in one big book, the new Mac user how to easily work with his hardware, his operating system, and all the applications he is likely to want to use to work with digital media. The book does not assume the reader wants to learn how to use just one product, but covers multiple products and technologies together in a logical fashion.

• Setting up and configuring Mac hardware.
• Understanding the Mac OS X interface.
• Burning CDs and DVDs with iDVD.
• Playing and organizing MP3s and digital music with iTunes.
• Digital photography with iPhoto.
• Editing digital video with iMovie.

GoLive™ 5 Visual Insight teaches the most useful features of this emerging product released to compete with Macromedia® Dreamweaver™. Readers go straight to work on learning how to create their own Web sites by learning basic GoLive features such as working with text, applying images, and applying advanced features such as forms, tables, and dynamic HTML. Over 20 real world projects let readers apply their knowledge first hand by creating various elements of a Web site. Like all Visual Insight books, this book appeals to visual learners who need to see - rather than read - how to create something. Its unique format allows readers to see an effect in the book and then duplicate it on their screen. Unlike other small sized books, GoLive 5 Visual Insight features a 16-page color section that illustrates color related tasks and project results.

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It is a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it is able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X).

Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

What you’ll learn

This 176 page book is meant to give you a sense of what you, as a programmer, can expect from Silverlight in terms of what the user is going to see. The emphasis here is on understanding what Silverlight has to offer. While there is some code given, that is not the point of the book. The point is to be ably to quickly understand what functionality is available to you, what options you might have without getting bogged down in much code.

Who is this book for?

We assume that you are a programmer and that you have an understanding of XAML. However, if you do ignore the code that exists in the book, then any lay person or even an administrator, can come to grips with the visual element of Silverlight.

Related Titles from Apress

• Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0
• Pro Silverlight 2
• Silverlight 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

"The Interactive Book" provides game programmers, multimedia designers, and Web developers with the tools to design and create truly interactive experiences for the end user. Celia Pearce takes the reader on an interactive journey to gain insight from, reflect upon, and learn to apply the theories of interactivity across all media types.

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

With four–color graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008 is the perfect reference: you’ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you’ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight—all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next–generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial written from professional developer to professional developer. You’ll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you’re most productive in–no matter what the target platform.

What you’ll learn

• Develop rich media applications using Silverlight and Visual Basic across browsers and platforms.
• Create a project, set up a layout, and use controls.
• Handle 2D drawing, animation, and media playback through Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
• Integrate web services support.
• Use Silverlight in conjunction with ASP.NET and its interactions with HTML.

Who is this book for?

Visual Basic 2005 and 2008 developers encountering Silverlight for the first time. No prior knowledge of WPF or ASP.NET is assumed.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.