Intro to Silverlight Kevin Grossnicklaus

Introductions Kevin Grossnicklaus – SSE - ( ) Chief Architect Software Development Practice Leader – CAIT ( ) Instructor Blog:

Agenda History Silverlight Tools – Expression Blend 3 w/ Sketchflow – VS.NET 2K8,2010 Resources Questions

Brief History of.NET NET 1.0 (VS.NET) NET 1.1 (VS.NET 2K3) NET 2.0 (VS.NET 2K5) NET 3.0 (WPF/WCF/WF) NET 3.5 (VS.NET 2K8) NET 4.0 (VS.NET 2010)

History of Silverlight WPF/E (Everywhere) released in 2006 shortly after.NET 3.0 MIX 2007 – Announcement that WPF/E was renamed “Silverlight” and Silverlight 1.0 was released MIX 2008 – Release of Silverlight 2.0 MIX 2009 – Announcement of Silverlight 3.0

What is Silverlight? Browser Plug-in with a compact version of the.NET framework and the ability to render UI elements via XAML/WPF

Silverlight vs. Flash FlashSilverlight Small deployment footprint via Browser Plug-in Support for Windows, Mac, and Linux Code in ActionScript Integrates with JavaScript Adobe Flash as Dev Tool Heavy animation and multi- media support Rich set of existing UI components HUGE existing adoption Many other features Larger than Flash but still small and much easier to install than full.NET framework Runs on Windows and Mac OSX (plus Linux w/ Moonlight) Code in C# or VB.NET Integrates easily with JavaScript Easily call any services VS.NET as Dev Tool Brings plug-in development to the.NET development community Heavy animation and multi-media support Rich set of existing UI components Many other features

UI Options in.NET Installed on Desktop – WinForms – WPF Browser Based – ASP.NET (w/ AJAX) – ASP.NET MVC – Silverlight – (Mix of the above)

Silverlight Platform Support Windows Mac OSX Linux support provided by the Moonlight plug-in developed as part of the Mono project

Silverlight Terminology WPF WCF XAML XAP AJAX RIA

Silverlight Development Tools Primary Tools Helpful Tools VS.NET 2008 SP1, 2010 Silverlight SDK Expression Blend 2/3 Kaxaml ( Fiddler (

Silverlight Resources Primary Links Misc Links ight ight go-mono.com/moonlight/ se se ss.com/xaml-power-toys/ ss.com/xaml-power-toys/ ewpf ewpf

Silverlight Showcase

How does Silverlight work? Plug-In Installation Deployment – What is XAP? Plug-In Hosting – Server does not require.NET

The Silverlight BCL (CoreCLR) OUT: – System.Data – System.Deployment – Traditional XML manipulation using System.Xml LINQ to XML instead – Non-Generic collections Use Generic’s instead – System.Runtime.Remoting – System.Runtime.InteropServices No COM support IN: – All native types with full functionality – Full LINQ Support Including LINQ to XML – Full support calling services (either ASMX or WCF) – Powerful XAML with rich Silverlight Controls – Same garbage collection, memory management, and assembly management as full runtime – Threading Support – Generics DIFFERENT: – Security Model

WPF vs. Silverlight WPF – Requires full.NET Framework (3.0+) be installed on client – Only supports Windows – Full access to all local resources – Full rights to local resource due to.NET code access security model – More powerful UI components and flexible UI composition model – More ability to take advantage of local audio/video resources i.e. Video and sound cards Silverlight – Supported by Plug-In – Supported on other platforms – Same XAML languages for declaring UI – Subset of WPF controls – Subset of.NET framework functionality – Limited access to local resources and constrained to browser sandbox

Key Components of a Silverlight 2.0 Application UI = XAML Logic = C#/VB.NET Data = Classes Data Access = WCF Services Navigation = User Controls

Silverlight Controls Out of the Box Controls (Ship w/ framework) Silverlight Control Toolkit – Silverlight.Codeplex.com – Similar to AJAX Control Toolkit – Microsoft and Community Supported

Data in Silverlight Data Classes – INotifyPropertyChanged Generics – i.e. List ObservableCollection – Raises events on change XAML Data Binding

Databinding in Silverlight Can be declared via Mark-Up extensions in XAML or via code Key Code Properties: – DataContext – ItemsSource Basic Binding in XAML: – Using “Binding” Markup-Extension Text=“{Binding NameFirst}”

Silverlight Demo Silverlight 3.0 features Silverlight LOB Application

Expression Blend 3

Componentized UX behaviors – no coding Designing with data Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator import XAML, C# and VB code intellisense Source code control integration SketchFlow

Breakthrough design prototyping Visually explore composition and navigation Communicate design alternatives to stakeholders Solicit their feedback

Visual Studio 2010

Modern, enhanced user experience Democratizing application lifecycle management Inspiring developer delight Great web development experience Silverlight designer support Cloud development and deployment More database support – DB2 & Oracle

DEMO Visual Studio 2010

Available today Silverlight 3 & IIS Media Services Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Expression Blend 3 Visual Studio 2010 Beta

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