Contents What is Silverlight Silverlight Overview Silverlight Toolkit

Contents : • What is Silverlight? • Silverlight Overview • Silverlight Toolkit Overview • Timeline & Packaging • Silverlight V 1. 0 & V 1. 1 • Properties of V 1. 0 • Properties of V 1. 1 • Silverlight &. net : better together • Silverlight. net Showcase • Demo for installation • Resources

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, crossplatform implementation of. NET for building and delivering the next generation of media experiences & rich interactive applications for the Web.

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 Java. Script running inside browser`s script engine. � Silverlight enables features such as animations, audio-video playback, text and vector graphics. � Silverlight applications are created using a combination of Expression Studio (Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Expression Encoder) and Visual Studio

Silverlight Overview Compelling Cross-Platform User Experiences � Immersive media experiences & RIA � Fast installation for end users Flexible programming model with collaborative tools � Integration with Web technologies � Based on the. NET Framework � Role specific tools for designers / developers Efficient, lower cost delivery, and more capable media � Broad media ecosystem � Tools for live and on-demand publishing

Silverlight Overview Name Logo Usaged Users Microsoft Visual Studio Carrying out programming work in Silverlight objects as well as business logic. Developers Microsoft Expression 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 Designing complex XAML objects to be exported to Expression Blend as XAML. Designers Microsoft Expression Encoder Encoding Videos and media into Silverlight. Designers

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 e. Xtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) which is XML based that what makes Silverlight crossplatform cross-browser plug-in. • XAML provide a unified way to declare graphics, media, animation, text and layout.

Silverlight Toolkit Overview �Auto. Complete Box �Dockpanel �Charting �Drag and Drop

DEMO A Richer Web with Silverlight

Timeline & Packaging Platforms & Browsers (Mirosoft support) IE 6. 0+ Fire. Fox 1. 5+ Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000* Safari 2. 0 Mac OS X 10. 4. 8+ Novell Support (Moonlight) Fire. Fox Konqueror Linux (various distros) Timeline V 1. 0 Released September 2007, V 1. 1 in Alpha (timing and some functionality TBD) Moonlight – timing TBD (Novell) Packaging Opera Browser plug-in, little dependency on other s/w

Silverlight V 1. 0 and V 1. 1 Silverlight V 1. 0 �V 1. 1 will add. NET to V 1. 0 �Core. CLR �Independent subset of the. NET Framework

Silverlight 1. 0 2 D Graphics Animations Input (mouse, keyboard, ink) Media (WMV, WMA, MP 3) Imaging (JPEG, PNG) Text HTTP Downloader XAML Parser Java. Script DOM

Graphics and Animations in Silverlight � 2 D Graphics �Standard shapes, masking and clipping �Transformations: skew, rotate, scale, translate, matrix �Animation Basics �Animations change properties over time �Support linear, discrete animation �Animatable property types: � Double, Color, Point �Animations and graphics are defined using XAML

Media �Media Features �Video: WMV V 7, V 8, V 9, VC-1 �Audio: WMA V 7, V 8, V 9 (standard), MP 3 �Multiple options for deploying media � HTTP progressive download � Integration with Windows Media Server �Extensive WMV ecosystem

Silverlight 1. 1 2 D Graphics CLR Animations DLR Input (mouse, keyboard, ink) Controls Media (WMV, WMA, MP 3) Layout Imaging (JPEG, PNG) Editing Text SOAP, WCF, RSS. REST HTTP Downloader XMLReader / XMLWriter XAML Parser LINQ Java. Script DOM DRM

Silverlight and. NET: Better Together �Highly productive development framework �Multi-language support �Latest developer innovations (e. g. LINQ) �Great tools �Visual Studio �Expression Studio �Cross-platform & cross-browser plugin �Works with Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer �Mac OS X and Windows �Any web server �Fast, easy install process

Silverlight. net Showcase

Installing Silverlight

Resources www. silverlight. net Community Site : http: //silverlight. net Main Product Site: http: //www. microsoft. com/silverlight MSDN Center : http: //msdn. microsoft. com/silverlight Online Forums : http: //silverlight. net/forums