Building Your First Great Building Your First Great Silverlight 2 ApplicationSilverlight 2 Application

Guy BursteinMicrosoft Israelhttp://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg

AgendaAgenda

• Introduction to Silverlight

• Anatomy of a Silverlight Application

• Silverlight Base Class Library

• Developer & Designer Workflow

• Q & A

• Summary

What is Silverlight?What is Silverlight?

A cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device technology for building and delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and RIA for the Web

DEMODEMOPopfly: Creating a Twitter Mashup

DEMODEMOBuilding a Twitter Client with Silverlight

.Net in the Browser.Net in the Browser

• Subset of Full CLR (< 2Mb)• Rich Base Class Library– .Net 3.5 Technologies: LINQ, WCF–Core .Net Components: • System.Collections• System.Threading• etc.

DEMODEMORich .Net Class Library

Silverlight ControlsSilverlight Controls

• Rich Set of Controls• Allows Styling and Templating• DataBinding through XAML and Code• Additional Controls in Silverlight Toolkit

DEMODEMOWorking with Controls and Data

Developer & Designer WorkflowDeveloper & Designer Workflow

• XAML: Declarative UI Programming• Right Tools for the Right Role

Developer Designer

DEMODEMOWorking with Expression Blend

Q & AQ & A

SummarySummary

• Next Generation Web Applications• .Net in The Browser• Better Development and Collaboration

• Build Silverlight 2 Applications Today!

ResourcesResourcesSilverlight Official Sitewww.Silverlight.net

Expression Community Homeexpression.microsoft.com

Guy Burstein’s Blogblogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg

Related SessionsRelated SessionsDEV302: Integrating Silverlight 2 into Existing Web SitesAlex Golesh12:20 – 13:30 Tavor Hall

DEV312: Dynamic Languages and the .Net FrameworkShay Friedman14:30 – 15:40 Tavor Hall

DEV309: Building Web Sites with ASP.NET MVC FrameworkNoam King16:00-17:10 Galil Hall

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