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Overview of Silverlight

Mike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft LtdMike.Taulty@microsoft.comhttp://mtaulty.com

Introduction

Microsoft UX Technologies

ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX Win Forms Silverlight WPF DirectX

Criteria

Richness

“Reach”

Tooling

Dev Model

Status & Maturity

Platform Access

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of .NET for building and delivering the next generation of media experiences & rich interactive applications for the Web.

A richer web with Silverlight

Timeline & Packaging

TimelineV1.0 Released September 2007, V1.1 in Alpha (timing and some functionality TBD)Moonlight – timing TBD (Novell)

PackagingBrowser plug-in, little dependency on other s/w

Platforms & Browsers (Mirosoft support)

IE 6.0+ FireFox 1.5+ Safari 2.0

Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000*

Mac OS X 10.4.8+

Novell Support (Moonlight)

Linux(various distros)

KonquerorFireFox Opera

Silverlight V1.0 and V1.1

SilverlightV1.1

SilverlightV1.0

V1.1 will add .NET to V1.0

CoreCLR

Independent subset of the .NET Framework

Installing Silverlight

Developing

Declarative Development - XAML

eXtensible Application Markup Language

XAML usageCompiled to produce executable code

Dynamically loaded (parsed or pre-parsed)

Calculator c = new Calculator();Multiply m = new Multiply();m.P1 = 10;m.P2 = 20;c.Operations.Add(m)

Code

<Calculator><Operations>

<Multiply P1=“10” P2=“20”/></Operations></Calculator>

XAML

Core UI Capabilities

Vector Based Graphics

2D graphics

Primitives (ellipse, rectangle, path etc)

Composition engine

Transforms

Brushes

Text

Ink

Animation system

Media

Video

Audio

Core UI Capabilities

Silverlight Programming Model

• Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1

• Code against both HTML and XAML content

• Integrates with ASP.NET AJAX controls

JavaScript

• Silverlight 1.1 only

• CoreCLR + Silverlight .NET Framework subset

• VB and C# against both XAML and HTML content

.NET

Silverlight, Documents and DOMs

HTML DOM

<body><object

id=“ctrlSilverlight" type="application/ag-plugin">

<paramvalue="Scene.xaml" name="source"/>

</object>

</body>

XAML DOM

<Canvas><Rectangle />

</Canvas>

Scene.xaml

Silverlight “Hello World”

Designer/Developer Tooling

VS 2008

XAML

DesignerLook, behavior, brand,

and emotional connection

DeveloperFunction, deployment, data,

security, operational integrity

VS Project Files

Expression Tools

Deploying

Silverlight StreamingProvides developers a free, scalability-on-demand solution for Silverlight

http://silverlight.live.com

• Free, 4GB hosting and streaming

• You build the application, we deliver the scale

• High quality, differentiated, controllable user experience

• Complete API Programmability

Silverlight Streaming

Resources

www.silverlight.net

MSDN in the UK

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Events

Screencasts

Blogs

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market

conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation.

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