From Windows Presentation Foundation To Silverlight
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The document provides an overview of Silverlight for developers experienced with WPF, highlighting its features as a next-generation platform for rich interactive applications. Key differences between WPF and Silverlight are discussed, including layout controls, measurement systems, and supported functionalities. The document also points towards further resources and upcoming Silverlight developments.
From Windows Presentation Foundation To Silverlight
- 1. From Windows Presentation Foundation To Silverlight A brief introduction of SL for WPF Developers By: Shahzad Sarwar This Presentation assume that you have at least 6 months experience with WPF
- 2. Basics of Sliverlight Next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Cross-platform and cross-browser plug-in Subset of the .NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Silverlight was originally called Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF/E).
- 3. Supported Platforms Limited version of Silverlight (called "Moonlight") that supports Linux http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
- 4. ASP .Net Vs Sliverlight
- 5. History Microsoft introduced ASP.NET AJAX to extend the client scripting capabilities and improve performance. Silverlight 1and 2
- 6. What New in SL 3 Read details here: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/03/18/silverlight-3-whats-new-a-guide.aspx
- 7. Differences Layout Controls Canvas Control (Same as WPF) StackPanel Control (Same as WPF) Grid Control (Same as WPF) User Interface Controls Border Control (Same as WPF) Button Control (Same as WPF) Calendar Control (Same as WPF) Checkbox Control (Same as WPF) DatePicker Control (Same as WPF) HyperlinkButton Control (Same as WPF)
- 8. Differences Image Control (Same as WPF) RadioButton Control (Same as WPF) ScrollViewer Control (Same as WPF) Slider Control (Same as WPF) TextBlock Control (Same as WPF) Textbox Control (Same as WPF) Designing User Interfaces Styles (Same as WPF) Resources (Same as WPF, But does not support dynamic resources. )
- 9. Differences Screen Coordinate System and Measurements WPF by default is based on Device Independent Pixel (DIP) units. Silverlight always based on pixel units. WPF measurement properties specified in XAML can include a unit measure string suffix that changes the interpretation of the preceding numeric value. Silverlight measurements are always pixel units. ( Height="2cm" ) WPF has a theoretically unbounded coordinate system. Silverlight has a bounded coordinate system.
- 10. Differences There is no Flow Document support in Silverlight. In WPF Yes. Silverlight does not support dynamic resources. Supported in WPF but not in Silverlight: TileMode property for TileBrush objects. ValueConversion attribute. ITyped list, InstanceFactory, or BindingList(T). Electronic Documentation Management (EDM). MarkupExtension base class.
- 11. Differences Silverlight does not provide any of the following: Datasets. ICustomTypeDescriptor, IListSource, or IBindingList. Binding directly to XML data or XPath binding. (The recommended alternative is to use the System.Xml.Linq API for XML business objects.) BindingMode.OneWayToSource binding. Discrete notification for source and target updates with dedicated NotifyOnSourceUpdated or NotifyOnTargetUpdated properties (and related events) on a binding. Bindable Run .
- 12. Differences 3-D drawing support in Silverlight is limited. In WPF, all visual elements derive from the Visual class, which does not exist in Silverlight. Limited concept of visual and logical tree. Silverlight does not include Freezable objects in its object model. Silverlight introduces the Deep Zoom feature, which allows zooming in and out of high-resolution images or collections of images. (Not in WPF)
- 13. Differences WPF supports all the fonts installed in the Windows operating system. Silverlight, however, natively supports only a handful of fonts. Additional fonts must be embedded within a Silverlight application in order to use them, or dynamically downloaded as needed WPF supports all three types of routed events, while Silverlight only supports direct and bubbling events. Additionally, WPF supports the creation of custom routed events via the EventManager helper class. Silverlight currently does not support custom routed events.
- 14. References: Must read following 2 References: http:// wpfslguidance.codeplex.com / http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc903925(VS.95).aspx And be ready for Siverlight 3 Development in PCMS
- 15. Silverlight version 4 is already release, let explore SL 4 in next presentation Keep visiting http://softarchitect.wordpress.com