Transcript Silverlight Technology

Silverlight Technology
Table of Contents
1. What is Silverlight Technology?
2. Silverlight Overview.
2.1 How it works
2.2 Silverlight development tools
3. Benefits of using Silverlight.
4. Silverlight Toolkit Controls Overview.
5. Data Binding in Silverlight.
What is Silverlight?
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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 JavaScript running inside browser`s script engine. With Silverlight
helps building application that won’t be possible using only AJAX and HTML, this
includes applications witch integrate media, animation and text. Silverlight
applications are created using a combination of Expression Studio (Expression
Design, Expression Blend, and Expression Encoder) and Visual Studio
Silverlight Overview
How does silverlight work?
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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 eXtensible Application Markup Language
(XAML) which is XML based that what makes Silverlight cross-platform crossbrowser plug-in. XAML provide a unified way to declare graphics, media,
animation, text and layout.
Silverlight Overview
• Silverlight development tools
Silverlight applications are created using a combination of Expression Studio
(Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Expression Encoder) and Visual Studio
2008 SP1 or later. Although it’s not necessary to use all these tools, it’s
recommended to use it all to get the best of Silverlight. The following table
describes the usage of each of these applications.
Silverlight Overview
Name
Logo
Usaged
Users
Microsoft Visual Studio
Carrying out programming
work in Silverlight objects
as well as business logic.
Developers
Microsoft Expression Blend
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
Design
Designing complex XAML
objects to be exported to
Expression Blend as XAML.
Designers
Microsoft Expression
Encoder
Encoding Videos and
media into Silverlight.
Designers
Benefits of using Silverlight.
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Enables Developers to easily create and deliver great user interface without the need of
learning another technologies « ex. Flash ».
End users appreciate Silverlight performance and high-quality.
Data visualization are more undestandable by end users and silverlight toolkit provides a
collection of controls that help developers to design what they need
Silverlight teachnology enhances existing AJAX-Based application’s performance
Silverlight delivers a good features and controls for designing a powerful rich reporting and
charting
Silverlight most benefit is visuals , it makes website`s design is more interactive for end users
to deal with and more easy for developers to design.
Silevrlight Toolkit Overview
• AutoComplete Box
• Dockpanel
• Charting
• Drag and Drop
Silevrlight Toolkit Overview
• Rating
• Dockpanel
• Charting
• Drag and Drop