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Developing Rich Web Applications with Silverlight (Part 2). Mike Taulty Developer & Platform Group Microsoft Ltd Mike.Taulty@microsoft.com. Designer/Developer Tooling. VS 2008. Designer Look, behavior, brand, and emotional connection. Developer
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Developing Rich Web Applications with Silverlight (Part 2) Mike Taulty Developer & Platform Group Microsoft Ltd Mike.Taulty@microsoft.com
Designer/Developer Tooling VS 2008 Designer Look, behavior, brand,and emotional connection Developer Function, deployment, data,security, operational integrity XAML VS Project Files
Silverlight Tooling • Expression • Design • Blend 2, SeptemberPreview • Encoder • Visual Studio • Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 • Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 • Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh SDK
Building Controls • Control building more “common” today than in other UI frameworks • Due to lack of built-in UI controls in the Alpha • System.Windows.Controls.Control base class • Mixture of XAML + Code approach
Advanced Programming Scenarios • Saving user data in Isolated Storage • Working with real storage • Working with custom fonts • .NET and JavaScript interoperability
Dynamic Languages in Silverlight Ruby Python Visual Basic JavaScript Common Language Runtime Dynamic Language Runtime
Silverlight Streaming Provides developers a free, scalability-on-demand solution for Silverlight http://silverlight.live.com • Free, 4GB hosting and streaming • You build the application, we deliver the scale • High quality, differentiated, controllable user experience • Complete API Programmability
Resources www.silverlight.net
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