Rapid Application Development [RaD]

Rapid App Development Silverlight and Expression Blend
with
GET
RAD
Nick Harewood
Multipack Presents : 17/10/09

Background
UI Lead at i2Q
Educational Software
1m Users
MS technology

Why Silverlight?
Desire for Rich User Experience
Customer’s existing architecture
Existing skills & resource

Why Silverlight?
Microsoft Support
Power & Flexibility
C# client-side processing
CLR support

Learning
Transferrable skills
Designer – Developer workflow
Expression Blend
& Visual Studio

Silverlight 2

Silverlight 3
Out of browser
Pixel Shading & Perspective 3D
Enhanced Data Support

Silverlight 3
Enhanced Media capabilities
Advanced Accessibility Features
Improved productivity

Expression Blend 3
SketchFlow Prototyping
Sample Data integration
XAML & C# Intellisense

Expression Blend
And Silverlight 3

Before Sketchflow
Sketches
Wireframes
Designs

Before Sketchflow
HTML prototype
Evolutionary dead-end
Not true to the experience
Soon Stagnates

Before Sketchflow
Giant Visio Diagrams
Cannot communicate detail
More static than HTML
Makes great wallpaper
Not very Green

Prototyping Today
Sketches
Wireframes
SketchFlow

SketchFlow

Silverlight
Vs html5
Choice
Competition
Collaboration?

Questions?
www.whenwewasrad.co.uk
Nick Harewood
@spacescape

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