Building Rich Web Experience with Silverlight and Microsoft Expression Studio for Designers
Open Source Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight & Moonlight
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Open Source Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight & MoonlightJoseph HillProduct Manager, Novell
What is Silverlight?
‣ Web Browser plugin delivering:
‣ Rich Media Experiences
‣ Rich Internet Applications
‣ Cross-browser, Cross-platform
www.silverlight.net
Enter Moonlight
‣ Mono‣ Open Source, Cross-Platform .NET implementation
‣ Runs Windows.Forms and Gtk# Desktop Apps, as well as ASP.NET
‣ Timeline
‣ WPF/E – '06 through March '07
‣ Renamed Silverlight 1.0 on eve of Mix 07
‣ Silverlight 1.1 – Announced Mix 07 - March
‣ Embeds .NET runtime
‣ Moonlight 1.1 – ReMix Paris - September 07
‣ first public demos (Silverlight Airlines and Chess)
go-mono.com/moonlight
Media Support
‣ Media Support
‣ Video Support up to HD resolutions: WMV V7, V8, V9, VC-1
‣ Audio: WMA V7, V8, V9 (standard), MP3
‣ Support HTTP Progressive Download
XAML
‣ Similar to SVG
‣ Covered by Open Specification Promise
‣ Basis for other rendering technologies, such as WPF and XPS
‣ Can define both graphics and animation (StoryBoards)
‣ <Canvas
‣ xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"
‣ xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
‣ Width="455" Height="349">
‣ <TextBlock Text="Hello World"/>
‣ </Canvas>
•DOM-Addressable
‣findname ‣ equivalent to document.getElementById()‣ Elements can be controlled via properties and methods‣ Supports tree walking via children collection
‣property accessors
• getvalue('key')
• setvalue('key', value)
‣positioning
• Canvas.Top and Canvas.Left
• Width and Height
Scripting with JavaScript
Page.html
‣ ...
‣ <script type="text/javascript" src="Silverlight.js"></script>
‣ <script type="text/javascript" src="CreateSilverlight.js"></script>
‣ ...
‣ <div style="position:absolute; left:100px; top:100px;" id="SilverlightControlHost">
‣ <script type="text/javascript">
‣ createSilverlight();
‣ </script>
‣ </div>
‣ ...
Silverlight 2.0
‣ Embeds Common Language Runtime (.NET)
‣ C#, VB, Boo, F#, etc
‣ Silverlight Class Libraries
‣ Subset of .NET Base Class Libraries with extra Silverlight Functionality
‣ Silverlight Control Toolkit
‣ TextBoxes, Buttons, DropDownLists, Calendars, DataGrids, etc
‣ MS-PL License
‣ Dynamic Language Runtime
‣ IronPython, IronRuby, Jscript.NET, VBScript, etc
XAP File Format
‣ .xap = Modified .zip file
‣ XAML
‣ Compiled Assemblies
‣ Embedded Resources
‣ chiron.exe
‣ Included in Silverlight Dynamic Language SDK
‣ Runs on Mono
‣ mxap
‣ Performs C# compilation
‣ Will be included in Mono
Leaving the Browser
‣ Desklets
‣ Gtk# Integration