SILVERLIGHT

Group Members:
Darshna Dedhia
67
Kinjal Patel
71
Ghazal Shah

Introduction
To

What is Silverlight?
Silverlight is a web based technology that allows

web designer and developers to stretch the

boundaries of web application development.
Silverlight is the new Microsoft technology on the
web platform for Rich Internet Applications
(RIA), launched by Microsoft in 2007.
Microsoft Silverlight is an application
framework for writing and running rich Internet
applications, with features and purposes similar
to those of Adobe Flash.
Microsoft Silverlight is a powerful tool for
creating and delivering rich Internet applications
and media experiences on the Web.

Rich Internet Application

A Rich Internet Application(RIA) is a web

application that has the best user interface

functionalities of desktop applications and
web application.

Advantages of Silverlight
Rich user interface
Transparency of other web languages like

HTML and JavaScript.

Web applications with high fidelity and
multimedia content.
Web applications with eye-catching visual
effects.
In short, Silverlight helps in building highquality attractive and interactive web
applications.

Flash vs Silverlight
Flash

Silverlight

Animation model

Frame-based

Time-based

Language

ActionScript

CLR-compilant
(VB.NET, C#)

Platform

All major

Limited Linux
(Moonlight)

Multithreading

No (from
programmer
perspective)

Yes

Flash vs Silverlight
Flash

Silverlight

Image support

Most formats

JPG and PNG

Video, audio

Multiple formats,
low-level APIs

VC-1 codec,
WMW, WM, no
low-level APIs

Streaming

Slower and costly

More cost-effective

Other

More mature

Deep Zoom

Architecture
Of
Silverlight

Primary components of
Silverlight
Architecture:

HTML
JavaScript
XAML
.NET Framework
Web browser

Architecture of Silverlight
The Silverlight platform as a whole consists of

three major parts:

.NET Framework for Silverlight
Core presentation framework
Installer and updater

.NET Framework for Silverlight

It consists of:
Data integration components:
Supports Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) and
LINQ to XML features, which ease the process of
integrating and working with data from disparate
sources.
Also supports the use of XML and serialization
classes for handling data.
WPF Controls:
These are Windows Presentation Foundation
controls.
Provides a rich set of controls, including Button,
CheckBox, HyperlinkButton, ListBox, RadioButton,
and ScrollViewer.

.NET Framework for Silverlight

WCF (Window Communication Foundation )

Services:
Provides features to simplify access to remote services
and data.
This includes a browser object, HTTP request and
response object, support for cross-domain HTTP
requests, support for RSS/Atom syndication feeds, and
support for JSON, POX, and SOAP services.

Dynamic Language Runtime:

Supports the dynamic compilation and execution of

scripting languages such as JavaScript and IronPython
to program Silverlight-based applications.
Includes a pluggable model for adding support for
other languages for use with Silverlight.

.NET Framework for Silverlight

Base Class Libraries:

A set of .NET Framework libraries.

Provide essential programming functions such as:
String handling
Regular expressions
Input and output
Reflection
Collections
Globalization
Common Language Runtime:
Provides memory management
Garbage collection
Type safety checking
Exception handling.

Core Presentation
Framework
It consists of:
XAML Parser
Provides a parser for XAML markup.
XAML is an XML-based language created by Microsoft which is
used to initialize structured values and objects. XAML
elements are mapped directly to CLR objects (e.g. a <Button>
element maps to a Button object.)
UI Renderer

Renders vector and bitmap graphics, animations, and

text.
Input Handler
Handles inputs from hardware devices such as the
keyboard and mouse, drawing, or other input devices.
Digital Rights Management(DRM)
Enables digital rights management of media assets.

Core Presentation
Framework
Media

Features playback and management of various

types of audio and video files, such as .WMP
and .MP3 files.
Deep Zoom

Enables you to zoom in on and pan around high

resolution images.
Data Binding

Enables linking of data objects and UI elements.

Controls

Supports extensible controls like buttons, sliders,

calendars, textbox that are customizable through
styling and templating.

Deployment Process

Deployment Process
When you build your Silverlight application, the

XAML markup, as well as the code and all other

resources, is compiled into .NET assemblies which
are then compressed using ZIP and stored in a XAP
(.xap) file.
The XAP file can then be hosted in a Web server and
referenced by Web pages declaring the Silverlight
plugin object. And when the user navigates to the
page, the XAP file is downloaded to his PC and
executed on the Web page by the Silverlight runtime.
So all you need is just to develop your application,
get the XAP file, insert the plugin into a Web page,
and then publish the page and the XAP file to the
Web.

Deployment Process

Download Silverlight for

Visual
Silverlight Studio
4 for VS 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/enin/download/details.aspx?id=18149
Silverlight 3 for VS 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/det
ails.aspx%3Fid%3D9394

Two application demos

Silverlight application.
ASP.NET with Silverlight.

.aspx , .xaml, & xaml.cs