Silverlight Tutorial Summary
• Silverlight is a web-centric technology used to created rich interactive web plug-ins.
• Silverlight is partially based on several WPF technologies, including XAML, WPF controls and code-
files.
• Silverlight is OS and browser independent.
• Windows and Mac OS X are currently supported.
• IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari browsers are currently supported.
• Silverlight 2.0 provides a much richer programming model than 1.0:
• CLR support.
• Support for numerous base class libraries.
• Support for managed languages (C#, VB, etc).
• Visual Studio 2008 can make use of free Silverlight project templates.
• Microsoft Expression Blend and Microsoft Expression Design are tools which allow graphical artists
generate the look and feel of a Silverlight (or WPF) application.
• A Silverlight web plug in is represented internally by an Application derived class, and a UserControl
to represent the UI.
• Silverlight controls are designed in such a way that their UI display is separate from their functionality.
• The Content property of the ContentControl base class provides a way to set content implicitly or
explicitly.
• Silverlight ships with numerous layout managers, which allow you to organize the content of a given
element.
• The Silverlight API supports mouse, keyboard and drag-and-drop operations.
• The Image control can be use to display embedded resources.
• Logical resources allow you to define and name a .NET object for later use.
• Silverlight makes use of a retained-graphics mode. Simply put, this means it is the responsibility of the
image data to render and refresh itself correctly.
• Shape-derived types are the simplest way to render 2D graphical content, but they come with a bit of
overhead as they are UIElements.
• The MediaElement and VideoBrush can be used to play audio / video.
• UI elements can be altered using graphical transformations.
• The Path type makes use of Geometry objects to render a series of 2D chunks (shapes, lines, and so
on).
• Silverlight supplies numerous types to define and control animation of property values.
• Silverlight is a web-centric technology used to created rich interactive web plug-ins.
• Silverlight is partially based on several WPF technologies, including XAML, WPF controls and code-
files.
• Silverlight is OS and browser independent.
• Windows and Mac OS X are currently supported.
• IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari browsers are currently supported.
• Silverlight 2.0 provides a much richer programming model than 1.0:
• CLR support.
• Support for numerous base class libraries.
• Support for managed languages (C#, VB, etc).
• Visual Studio 2008 can make use of free Silverlight project templates.
• Microsoft Expression Blend and Microsoft Expression Design are tools which allow graphical artists
generate the look and feel of a Silverlight (or WPF) application.
• A Silverlight web plug in is represented internally by an Application derived class, and a UserControl
to represent the UI.
• Silverlight controls are designed in such a way that their UI display is separate from their functionality.
• The Content property of the ContentControl base class provides a way to set content implicitly or
explicitly.
• Silverlight ships with numerous layout managers, which allow you to organize the content of a given
element.
• The Silverlight API supports mouse, keyboard and drag-and-drop operations.
• The Image control can be use to display embedded resources.
• Logical resources allow you to define and name a .NET object for later use.
• Silverlight makes use of a retained-graphics mode. Simply put, this means it is the responsibility of the
image data to render and refresh itself correctly.
• Shape-derived types are the simplest way to render 2D graphical content, but they come with a bit of
overhead as they are UIElements.
• The MediaElement and VideoBrush can be used to play audio / video.
• UI elements can be altered using graphical transformations.
• The Path type makes use of Geometry objects to render a series of 2D chunks (shapes, lines, and so
on).
• Silverlight supplies numerous types to define and control animation of property values.
Silverlight Summary
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