In this chapter, we got to work with one of the more commonly used aspects of Silverlight, which is data handling. We discussed data bindings in details, learned about the different modes and options it offers, understood how to bind elements to other elements and how to validate the data we are binding. In addition, we learned how to format the data we get back from the binding and we got to use the all-important concept of converters.

In the next chapter, we are going to discuss how to work with the host platform. We will discuss printing directly from Silverlight using the new printing API. Then, we will move on to discuss out-of-browser applications and interacting with different variables of the host-like network connectivity or the clipboard. We will also discuss how to work against the COM Interop and updating our out-of-browser application remotely.

We will then move on to discuss interacting with the HTML DOM and finish off discussing how to handle alternative input methods such as the mouse's right-click or wheel.