Silverlight for Developers making it pass the glitz

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Silverlight Audiences Content Providers Engage visitors with highest quality interactive web sites, video and game experiences with lower costs Designers / Developers Role-specific suite of tools for designers and developers using existing skills and domain knowledge and building on existing application investments Viewers / End Users Sites “light up” equally on Windows and Mac, with a one- time, fast install (~2MB)

Silverlight Architecture Legend V 2.0 Legend V1.0 CLR Execution Engine.NET for Silverlight Framework HTML DOM Integration XAML Presentation Core Networking JSON RESTPOX RSS Data LINQXLINQ DLR RubyPython WPF Extensible Controls BCL GenericsCollections Inputs Keyboard MouseInk Media VC1 WMAMP3 Browser Host Integrated Networking Stack Installer Application Services MS AJAX Library UI Core Images Vector Text Animation DRM Media Controls Layout Editing

Dynamic Languages in Silverlight RubyRuby PythonPython Visual Basic JavaScriptJavaScript Common Language Runtime Dynamic Language Runtime

JavaScript Must Knows Silverlight XAML elements are scriptable via the browser script engine (JavaScript) Scriptable objects are obtained via findName Scriptable objects (elements) can be controlled via properties and methods Models JavaScript and HTML DOM interaction findName is equivalent to document.getElementById() Supports tree walking via children collection Position set using "Canvas.Top" and "Canvas.Left" Size can be scaled or set via Height/Width

DesktopDesktop Media & RIA Media WebWeb Toolapalooza Designer Look, behavior, brand, and emotional connection Developer Function, deployment, data, security, operational integrity Server Vista

Toolapalooza 11/19/2006 Expression Design High end graphic design tool Focused on artists creating rich UI elements Expression Blend UX Designer environment Rich tooling support for WPF/Silverlight/XAML Animation support Same project format as Visual Studio Visual Studio 2008 Developer support for WPF/Silverlight/Web applications Rich debugging capabilities Expression Media Rich media asset management Encoding, enhancement, and publishing of rich media experiences to Microsoft Silverlight.

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Resources LightBox.NET - flickrNSurface - Cooking with XAML: Deep Zoom - Cooking with XAML: Financials - Dynamic Silverlight: DLR Consoel -

Resources Community Site: Main Product Site: MSDN Center: Online Forums: Online SDK:

Resources Tim Sneath: Mike Harsh: Joe Stegman: Laurence Moroney: Ernie Booth: