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Silverlight<br />Next Web Now!<br />08Mx22, II MCA<br />

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What is Silverlight?<br />A Browser Plug-in for delivering RIA<br />Earlier known as WPF/E (Windows Presentation Foundation / Everywhere)<br />Cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device implementation of the .NET Framework. <br />16 sec download (on a 2Mbps connection)<br />Provides animations, vector graphics, audio-video playback<br />

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What is RIA?<br />Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are web applications that have some of the characteristics of desktop applications, typically delivered by way of a proprietary web browser plug-ins.<br />Key characteristics<br /><ul><li>Richness by way of features not supported natively by the web browser such as video playback

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Advanced communications with supporting servers

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Consistency

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Offline use

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Performance</li></li></ul><li>Cross Browser<br />Works on Trident, Webkit, Gecko rendering Engines seamlessly.<br />

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Compelling Cross-Platform User Experiences<br /><ul><li>Immersive media experiences & RIA

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Seamless, fast installation for end users

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Consistent experiences on Mac / Windows </li></ul>Flexible programming model<br /><ul><li>Integration with Web technologies

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Based on the .NET Framework

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Role specific tools for designers / developers </li></ul>Efficient, lower cost delivery, of high cost media<br /><ul><li>HD to Mobile

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Broad media ecosystem

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Tools for live and on-demand publishing</li></li></ul><li>Silverlight Features<br />Highly productive development framework<br /><ul><li>Multi-language support

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Latest developer innovations (e.g. LINQ)

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AJAX integration</li></ul>Great tools <br /><ul><li>Visual Studio

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Expression Studio</li></ul>Cross-platform & cross-browser plug in<br /><ul><li>Works with Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer

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Mac OS X and Windows

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Any web server</li></ul>Fast, easy install process + 3D Graphics<br />

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Silverlight Technologies<br /> WPF and XAML. Silverlight includes Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology, which greatly extends the elements in the browser for creating UI, extending browser-based UI beyond what is available with HTML alone. Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) provides a declarative markup syntax for creating WPF elements.<br /> Extensions to JavaScript. Silverlight provides extensions to the universal browser scripting language that provide powerful control over the browser UI, including the ability to work with WPF elements.<br />

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Silverlight Merits<br /> Integration with existing applications. Silverlight integrates seamlessly with existing JavaScript and ASP.NET AJAX code to complement functionality already created.<br /> Access to the .NET Framework programming model and to associated tools. Silverlight-based applications may be created using dynamic languages such as IronRuby and IronPython as well as languages such as C# and Visual Basic. Development tools such as Visual Studio can be leveraged to create Silverlight-based applications.<br />

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Other Advantages<br />Single, consistent runtime for browser-based applications.<br />Performance is promising (Graphic card acceleration). <br />There is an official open source implementation of Silverlight (Moonlight). Developed by Novell on behalf of Microsoft.<br />Search engines can potentially index text within a Silverlight application, just as they can with Flash.<br />

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Conclusion<br />The design tools (Expression Blend and Expression Design) are comparatively new.<br />Silverlight is a browser-only solution (Adobe has AIR, a desktop and browser based solution).<br />Development on Windows platform only (while deployment is cross-platform).<br />Yet to penetrate market as Adobe Flash continues to dominate even though it is feature-rich and developer friendly.<br />

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References<br /><ul><li>Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverlight

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Official Website: http://www.silverlight.net

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Useful Article: http://fahimilyas.blogspot.com/2008/05/road-to-silverlight-part-1.html

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Silverlight Articles: http://www.silverlightarticles.com</li></li></ul><li>Q n A<br />

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