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BESUG Keynote Gill Cleeren Microsoft Regional Director Benelux MVP ASP.NET Software architect Ordina Blog: www.snowball.be Mail: gill.cleeren@ordina.be

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

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Productivity Performance Portability

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Developer Designer

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Developer Designer User interface Logic Data sources Logic User interface Request Response

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Developer Designer XAML

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public void Page_Loaded(sender, MouseEventArgs e) { MyButton.Content = Push Me!; MyButton.Content = Push Me!;} public void Page_Loaded(sender, MouseEventArgs e) { MyButton.Content = Push Me!; MyButton.Content = Push Me!;}

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public void MyButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { // todo: add code // todo: add code} public void MyButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { // todo: add code // todo: add code}

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Use XAML where possible! Otherwise, youll get a team of sad designers and developers

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BESUG Keynote Using Visual Studio 2008 and Blend 2

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2D, Graphics Audio, Video Animations Text, Text Input Controls Layout Styles/Templates Data Binding Networking HTTP/S and Sockets.NET Support C# and VB.NET LINQ XML APIs Generics HTML Integration Local storage Crypto APIs (AES) Threading

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Core Controls: Border Image MediaElement MultiScaleImage ToolTip ScrollViewer Dropdown list Navigation Controls: HyperlinkButton Popup Large Controls: Calendar DataGrid Slider DateTimePicker Shapes: Ellipse Rectangle Line TextBlock Path

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Button b = new Button(); b.Width = 150; b.Height = 50; b.Content = Push Me"; Button b = new Button(); b.Width = 150; b.Height = 50; b.Content = Push Me";

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Shiny Blue Rainier Purple Expression Light Shiny Red Rainier Orange Expression Dark

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BESUG Keynote Standard controls and the control toolkit

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BESUG Keynote Showcasing

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BESUG Keynote Gill Cleeren Microsoft Regional Director Benelux MVP ASP.NET Software architect Ordina www.snowball.be www.snowball.be gill.cleeren@ordina.be gill.cleeren@ordina.be

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BESUG Keynote Gill Cleeren Microsoft Regional Director Benelux MVP ASP.NET Software architect Ordina www.snowball.be www.snowball.be gill.cleeren@ordina.be gill.cleeren@ordina.be

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