1. Microsoft Silverlight An Introduction

2. Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in* * An auxiliary program that works with a software package to enhance its capability. For example, plug-ins used in Photoshop to add a filter for some special effect. Other examples of Plug-ins are Macromedia Flash, Digital Video Express(Divx) Player plug-in, Windows Media Player etc.

3. Why it’s time for Silverlight Run on all popular browsers and OS Consistent experience irrespective of platform Supports AJAX methodology for rich Internet applications Includes compelling graphics, 2D vector & animation Streams video/audio and scales video quality from mobile device to 720 HDTV video modes Small download 4 MB

4. Programming Language XAML- core of Silverlight for Rich User interface All other - for programming logic

5. Button b1 = new Button(); b1.Content = "OK"; b1.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.LightBlue); b1.Width = 100; OK LightBlue Load, Parse, Display XAML / C #/ JavaScript Compile and Run

6. Comparison with Flash

7. Silverlight Business Model Delivering media without going broke Video delivery trend

8. Silverlight Business Model Why stream? Live Streaming Fast Streaming Logging Caching and Proxying Windows Media Services

9. Silverlight 1.0 – XAML + JavaScript COMPLETE DOM LEVEL 1 integration Creating a Silverlight application