EDMUG Silverlight Talk
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Silverlight aims to address increasing user expectations for richer web interfaces by providing developers with a consistent platform, richer user interfaces, better application performance, and an integrated designer and developer workflow. It is a browser plugin similar to Flash that allows for animations, vector graphics, audio/video playback. Under the hood it uses the .NET framework and works across browsers on Windows and Mac as well as mobile devices.
EDMUG Silverlight Talk
- 1. Make the web shine Mark Bennett Burmis Studio
- 2. User Expectations Increasing Demanding richer interfaces Desktop-like performance Consistent experience
- 3. Big Expectations = Bigger Challenges
- 4. Silverlight makes it simple
- 5. The Development Challenges Cross browser support!!!
- 6. The Development Challenges AJAX debugging Performance problems Bad designer / developer workflow Can’t share assets between web and desktop
- 7. Silverlight Makes It Simple Provides developers with: Consistent platform Richer User Interfaces Better application performance Integrated designer & developer workflow Professional development tools Shared assets between web and desktop
- 9. What Is Silverlight? Browser plug-in Similar usage scenarios to Adobe Flash <10 sec download Provides animations, vector graphics, audio-video playback
- 10. Under the hood Instance of the .NET Compact Framework Subset of Windows Presentation Framework Includes many standard libraries (LINQ, DataBinding, Networking)
- 12. Consistent Platform Works on all major browsers
- 13. Consistent Platform Works on Windows and Mac OS X Linux port arriving soon
- 14. Consistent Platform Coming to Nokia and Windows Mobile phones
- 15. Richer User Interfaces New interface paradigm Vector based and resolution independent Scales to client hardware
- 16. Richer User Interfaces Real graphical primitives for the web (circles, polygons, paths) Animation Video
- 17. Richer User Interfaces Calendar TextBox (w/ Watermark) Sliders Buttons Lists Lots more!
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