Silverlight introduction

1. What is Silverlight?
Presented By
Ashokkumar T

2. Microsoft Silverlight
 Developers : Microsoft Corporation
 Initial release : April 2007
 Stable release : 9 July 2009
 Preview release : 9 July 2009
 Written in : Combination of C++ andC#
 Operating system : Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X
 Type : Web Application framework
 Website : Microsoft Silverlight
silverlight.net

3. Introduction
 Web based technology, launched by Microsoft in April
2007. competitor to Adobes Flash.
 Cross-browser, Cross-platform implementation of the
.NET Framework.
 Building and Delivering the next generation of media
experiences and RIA for the Web.

4. Silverlight
Silverlight, formerly code-named "WPF/E.“
Design & Development sections are separated
Provide a rich UI
Can Plug into existing environments that
deliver Web services over most technologies

5. Silverlight
Silverlight unifies the capabilities of
The server,
The Web, and
The desktop of managed code & dynamic
languages,
Declarative and Traditional programming,
 and the power of WPF.

6. Silverlight applications
XAML file
Difference between Flash and XAML is,
 Flash is a compiled application
XAML is text based.
Search engines can analyze and index such
content, which is a huge benefit for webmasters
Supports video and audio files without need of much
programming.

7. Silverlight framework
The browser plug-in
Presentation framework, and
.NET framework

8. Silverlight framework
The browser plug-in
Enabling the same Silverlight application to run on
multiple platforms
 Applications are embedded objects in web page
 When browser invoke Silverlight application, plug-in
downloads the XML page(binary & resource). Then begin
code execution
 Auto post back, build in .Net framework

9. Silverlight framework
Presentation framework
subset of WPF which is based on the XAML
Provides a rich set of controls such as buttons,
calendars, text boxes, scroll viewers, a data grid
Silverlight’s media pipeline

10. Early Adopters
 Some example sites are listed below:
 World Series of Poker
 Discovery Channel
 The Emmys
 Home Shopping Network (HSN)
 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
 Fox
 XBOX 360
 Photosynth - uses Silverlight to allow subscribers to
instantly watch movies on their PCs or Intel-based
Macs.

11. Web site
 Silverlight home page
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight
 Silverlight .net community
http://silverlight.net