1. Silverlight Technology

2. Table of Contents What is Silverlight Technology?
Silverlight Overview.
2.1 How it works
2.2 Silverlight development tools
Benefits of using Silverlight.
Silverlight Toolkit Controls Overview.
Data Binding in Silverlight.

3. What is Silverlight?
Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-platform cross-browser plug-in for delivering rich interactive applications for the web. It offer a programming model that is familiar to web developers, Silverlight is programmed using a text bases mark-up language format and a JavaScript running inside browser`s script engine. With Silverlight helps building application that won’t be possible using only AJAX and HTML, this includes applications witch integrate media, animation and text. Silverlight applications are created using a combination of Expression Studio (Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Expression Encoder) and Visual Studio

4. Silverlight Overview How does silverlight work?
Rich Internet Application Architecture
Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) combine the maturity, stability and scalability of service orientation with state of the art display technology to create the next wave of web based distributed applications. RIA is typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in. Adobe Flash, Java and Microsoft Silverlight are currently the three top frameworks that apply RIA.
Silverlight Application Architecture
Silverlight architecture is based on eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) which is XML based that what makes Silverlight cross-platform cross-browser plug-in. XAML provide a unified way to declare graphics, media, animation, text and layout.

5. Silverlight Overview Silverlight development tools
Silverlight applications are created using a combination of Expression Studio (Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Expression Encoder) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or later. Although it’s not necessary to use all these tools, it’s recommended to use it all to get the best of Silverlight. The following table describes the usage of each of these applications.

6. Silverlight Overview Name Logo Usaged Users Microsoft Visual Studio
Carrying out programming work in Silverlight objects as well as business logic.
Developers
Microsoft Expression Blend
Blending XAML objects with C# codes to handle events on these objects as well as Manipulating XAML objects properties i.e. size, location, background color...etc
Developers/Designers
Microsoft Expression Design
Designing complex XAML objects to be exported to Expression Blend as XAML.
Designers
Microsoft Expression Encoder
Encoding Videos and media into Silverlight.

7. Benefits of using Silverlight.
Enables Developers to easily create and deliver great user interface without the need of learning another technologies « ex. Flash ».
End users appreciate Silverlight performance and high-quality.
Data visualization are more undestandable by end users and silverlight toolkit provides a collection of controls that help developers to design what they need
Silverlight teachnology enhances existing AJAX-Based application’s performance
Silverlight delivers a good features and controls for designing a powerful rich reporting and charting
Silverlight most benefit is visuals , it makes website`s design is more interactive for end users to deal with and more easy for developers to design.

8. Silevrlight Toolkit Overview
AutoComplete Box
Dockpanel
Charting
Drag and Drop

9. Silevrlight Toolkit Overview
Rating
Dockpanel
Charting
Drag and Drop