Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook by Kevin Dockx

Written in a cookbook style, this book offers learning and techniques through recipes. It contains step-by-step instructions for developers who want to build rich data-driven business applications using Silverlight or Windows Phone 7. The book is designed in such a way that you can refer to things chapter by chapter, or read them in no particular order. If you are a .NET developer who wants to build professional data-driven applications with Silverlight or Windows Phone 7, then this book is for you. Basic experience of programming Silverlight and familiarity with accessing data using ADO.NET in normal .NET applications is required.