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Microsoft Silverlight |
Agile Software is proud to be a Microsoft Silverlight Partner.
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Silverlight is a browser plug-in that enables .NET developers to leverage their
skills in producing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) usually associated with
Flash programming. While a relatively new technology, it is rapidly gaining
market presence, in part because it was the technology of choice by NBC when
providing video feeds of the last Olympic Games.
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From
TechCrunch:
"The announcements around Microsoft’s new Silverlight platform yesterday were
important to anyone who is thinking about where the web will evolve. For those
of us watching the demos at the Mix conference the immediate importance of it
was apparent - Silverlight will be the platform of choice for developers who
build rich Internet applications. It makes Flash/Flex look like an absolute toy.
After the keynote, the main topic of conversation in the hallways centered on
just how effectively Microsoft carried out its execution of Adobe." (For the full
article, see
Take time to understand Silverlight - it's important.)
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To see what Silverlight can offer, here is a gallery of Silverlight
applications: Silverlight Showcase.
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There are lots of heated discussions about the comparative capabilities of Silverlight and Flash. But in our opinion,
the single most important factor in favour of Silverlight is that it builds on the skills of an enormous community
of seasoned developers using Microsoft .Net technology. Along with this huge cohort of developers is a huge community
of forums, blogs, and other developer-to-developer support groups.
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Silverlight can be used to develop complete websites -- for an example, see a
site developed for a breeder of purebred cats at
Breeder Website.
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Silverlight components can easily be added to existing websites, so you can
choose the most important areas of your website to concentrate upon when
creating a Rich Internet experience for your visitors.
Below is an example of Silverlight content embedded in a standard web page. |
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This sample illustrates using Silverlight transitions to load images.
Download the Source Code
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