Silverlight Technology

Shashank Tiwari
08ACE152
07th CE e
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?

• 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?

• 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 cross-browser 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. (Table is in
the next slide.)
 Silverlight Overview

Name Logo Usaged Users

Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Expression Blend
Microsoft Expression
Design
Microsoft Expression
Encoder
Carrying out programming Developers
work in Silverlight objects
as well as business logic.
Blending XAML objects Developers/Designers
with C# codes to handle
events on these objects as
well as Manipulating XAML
objects properties i.e. size,
location, background
color...etc
Designing complex XAML Designers
objects to be exported to
Expression Blend as XAML.
Encoding Videos and Designers
media into Silverlight.
 Benefits of using Silverlight.

• 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