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Overview of Silverlight
Mike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft [email protected]://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
Silverlight Tooling
ExpressionDesign
Blend 2, September Preview
Encoder
Visual StudioVisual Studio 2008 Beta 2
Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008
Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh SDK
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
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