Open Source Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight & MoonlightJoseph HillProduct Manager, Novell

What is Silverlight?

‣ Web Browser plugin delivering:

‣ Rich Media Experiences

‣ Rich Internet Applications

‣ Cross-browser, Cross-platform

www.silverlight.net

Enter Moonlight

‣ Mono‣ Open Source, Cross-Platform .NET implementation

‣ Runs Windows.Forms and Gtk# Desktop Apps, as well as ASP.NET

‣ Timeline

‣ WPF/E – '06 through March '07

‣ Renamed Silverlight 1.0 on eve of Mix 07

‣ Silverlight 1.1 – Announced Mix 07 - March

‣ Embeds .NET runtime

‣ Moonlight 1.1 – ReMix Paris - September 07

‣ first public demos (Silverlight Airlines and Chess)

go-mono.com/moonlight

Media Support

‣ Media Support

‣ Video Support up to HD resolutions: WMV V7, V8, V9, VC-1

‣ Audio: WMA V7, V8, V9 (standard), MP3

‣ Support HTTP Progressive Download

XAML

‣ Similar to SVG

‣ Covered by Open Specification Promise

‣ Basis for other rendering technologies, such as WPF and XPS

‣ Can define both graphics and animation (StoryBoards)

‣ <Canvas

‣ xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"

‣ xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

‣ Width="455" Height="349">

‣ <TextBlock Text="Hello World"/>

‣ </Canvas>

•DOM-Addressable

‣findname ‣ equivalent to document.getElementById()‣ Elements can be controlled via properties and methods‣ Supports tree walking via children collection

‣property accessors

• getvalue('key')

• setvalue('key', value)

‣positioning

• Canvas.Top and Canvas.Left

• Width and Height

Scripting with JavaScript

Page.html

‣ ...

‣ <script type="text/javascript" src="Silverlight.js"></script>

‣ <script type="text/javascript" src="CreateSilverlight.js"></script>

‣ ...

‣ <div style="position:absolute; left:100px; top:100px;" id="SilverlightControlHost">

‣ <script type="text/javascript">

‣ createSilverlight();

‣ </script>

‣ </div>

‣ ...

Silverlight 2.0

‣ Embeds Common Language Runtime (.NET)

‣ C#, VB, Boo, F#, etc

‣ Silverlight Class Libraries

‣ Subset of .NET Base Class Libraries with extra Silverlight Functionality

‣ Silverlight Control Toolkit

‣ TextBoxes, Buttons, DropDownLists, Calendars, DataGrids, etc

‣ MS-PL License

‣ Dynamic Language Runtime

‣ IronPython, IronRuby, Jscript.NET, VBScript, etc

XAP File Format

‣ .xap = Modified .zip file

‣ XAML

‣ Compiled Assemblies

‣ Embedded Resources

‣ chiron.exe

‣ Included in Silverlight Dynamic Language SDK

‣ Runs on Mono

‣ mxap

‣ Performs C# compilation

‣ Will be included in Mono

Leaving the Browser

‣ Desklets

‣ Gtk# Integration