1. Rajesh Lal ( connectrajesh@hotmail.com )
Microsoft Silverlight
An Introduction
Rajesh Lal ( )

2. Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in*
* An auxiliary program that works with a software package to enhance its capability. For example, plug-ins used in Photoshop to add a filter for some special effect. Other examples of Plug-ins are Macromedia Flash, Digital Video Express(Divx) Player plug-in, Windows Media Player etc.

3. Why it’s time for Silverlight
Run on all popular browsers and OS
Consistent experience irrespective of platform
Supports AJAX methodology for rich Internet applications
Includes compelling graphics, 2D vector & animation
Streams video/audio and scales video quality from mobile device to 720 HDTV video modes
Small download 4 MB

4. Programming Language XAML- core of Silverlight for Rich User interface
All other - for programming logic

5. XAML / C #/ JavaScript Compile and Run Load, Parse, Display
Button b1 = new Button();
b1.Content = "OK";
b1.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.LightBlue);
b1.Width = 100;
Compile and Run
<Button Width="100"> OK
<Button.Background>
LightBlue
</Button.Background>
</Button>
Load, Parse, Display

6. Comparison with Flash

7. Silverlight Business Model
Delivering media without going broke
Video delivery trend

8. Silverlight Business Model
Windows Media Services
Why stream?
Live Streaming
Fast Streaming
Logging
Caching and Proxying

9. Creating a Silverlight application
Silverlight 1.0 – XAML + JavaScript
COMPLETE DOM LEVEL 1 integration