1. Intro to Silverlight Kevin Grossnicklaus

2. Introductions Kevin Grossnicklaus – SSE - www.SSEinc.com (1998-2009)www.SSEinc.com Chief Architect Software Development Practice Leader – CAIT (2003-2009) Instructor Email: kvgros@SSEinc.comkvgros@SSEinc.com Blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/kgrossnicklaushttp://geekswithblogs.net/kgrossnicklaus

3. Agenda History Silverlight Tools – Expression Blend 3 w/ Sketchflow – VS.NET 2K8,2010 Resources Questions

4. Brief History of.NET 2001 -.NET 1.0 (VS.NET) 2003 -.NET 1.1 (VS.NET 2K3) 2005 -.NET 2.0 (VS.NET 2K5) 2006 -.NET 3.0 (WPF/WCF/WF) 2008 -.NET 3.5 (VS.NET 2K8) 2010 -.NET 4.0 (VS.NET 2010)

5. History of Silverlight WPF/E (Everywhere) released in 2006 shortly after.NET 3.0 MIX 2007 – Announcement that WPF/E was renamed “Silverlight” and Silverlight 1.0 was released MIX 2008 – Release of Silverlight 2.0 MIX 2009 – Announcement of Silverlight 3.0

6. What is Silverlight? Browser Plug-in with a compact version of the.NET framework and the ability to render UI elements via XAML/WPF

7. Silverlight vs. Flash FlashSilverlight Small deployment footprint via Browser Plug-in Support for Windows, Mac, and Linux Code in ActionScript Integrates with JavaScript Adobe Flash as Dev Tool Heavy animation and multi- media support Rich set of existing UI components HUGE existing adoption Many other features Larger than Flash but still small and much easier to install than full.NET framework Runs on Windows and Mac OSX (plus Linux w/ Moonlight) Code in C# or VB.NET Integrates easily with JavaScript Easily call any services VS.NET as Dev Tool Brings plug-in development to the.NET development community Heavy animation and multi-media support Rich set of existing UI components Many other features

8. UI Options in.NET Installed on Desktop – WinForms – WPF Browser Based – ASP.NET (w/ AJAX) – ASP.NET MVC – Silverlight – (Mix of the above)

9. Silverlight Platform Support Windows Mac OSX Linux support provided by the Moonlight plug-in developed as part of the Mono project

10. Silverlight Terminology WPF WCF XAML XAP AJAX RIA

11. Silverlight Development Tools Primary Tools Helpful Tools VS.NET 2008 SP1, 2010 Silverlight SDK Expression Blend 2/3 Kaxaml (www.Kaxaml.com)www.Kaxaml.com Fiddler (www.fiddler2.com)www.fiddler2.com

12. Silverlight Resources Primary Links Misc Links www.Silverlight.net www.Asp.net www.CodePlex.com/SilverL ight www.CodePlex.com/SilverL ight go-mono.com/moonlight/ www.silverlight.net/showca se www.silverlight.net/showca se http://karlshifflett.wordpre ss.com/xaml-power-toys/ http://karlshifflett.wordpre ss.com/xaml-power-toys/ www.codeplex.com/composit ewpf www.codeplex.com/composit ewpf

13. Silverlight Showcase www.Silverlight.net/ShowCase

14. How does Silverlight work? Plug-In Installation Deployment – What is XAP? Plug-In Hosting – Server does not require.NET

15. The Silverlight BCL (CoreCLR) OUT: – System.Data – System.Deployment – Traditional XML manipulation using System.Xml LINQ to XML instead – Non-Generic collections Use Generic’s instead – System.Runtime.Remoting – System.Runtime.InteropServices No COM support IN: – All native types with full functionality – Full LINQ Support Including LINQ to XML – Full support calling services (either ASMX or WCF) – Powerful XAML with rich Silverlight Controls – Same garbage collection, memory management, and assembly management as full runtime – Threading Support – Generics DIFFERENT: – Security Model

16. WPF vs. Silverlight WPF – Requires full.NET Framework (3.0+) be installed on client – Only supports Windows – Full access to all local resources – Full rights to local resource due to.NET code access security model – More powerful UI components and flexible UI composition model – More ability to take advantage of local audio/video resources i.e. Video and sound cards Silverlight – Supported by Plug-In – Supported on other platforms – Same XAML languages for declaring UI – Subset of WPF controls – Subset of.NET framework functionality – Limited access to local resources and constrained to browser sandbox

17. Key Components of a Silverlight 2.0 Application UI = XAML Logic = C#/VB.NET Data = Classes Data Access = WCF Services Navigation = User Controls

18. Silverlight Controls Out of the Box Controls (Ship w/ framework) Silverlight Control Toolkit – Silverlight.Codeplex.com – Similar to AJAX Control Toolkit – Microsoft and Community Supported

19. Data in Silverlight Data Classes – INotifyPropertyChanged Generics – i.e. List ObservableCollection – Raises events on change XAML Data Binding

20. Databinding in Silverlight Can be declared via Mark-Up extensions in XAML or via code Key Code Properties: – DataContext – ItemsSource Basic Binding in XAML: – Using “Binding” Markup-Extension Text=“{Binding NameFirst}”

21. Silverlight Demo Silverlight 3.0 features Silverlight LOB Application

22. Expression Blend 3

23. Componentized UX behaviors – no coding Designing with data Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator import XAML, C# and VB code intellisense Source code control integration SketchFlow

24. Breakthrough design prototyping Visually explore composition and navigation Communicate design alternatives to stakeholders Solicit their feedback

25. Visual Studio 2010

26. Modern, enhanced user experience Democratizing application lifecycle management Inspiring developer delight Great web development experience Silverlight designer support Cloud development and deployment More database support – DB2 & Oracle

27. DEMO Visual Studio 2010

28. Available today Silverlight 3 & IIS Media Services Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Expression Blend 3 Visual Studio 2010 Beta

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