It's Time for Silverlight

Rajesh Lal ( [email_address] ) Microsoft Silverlight An Introduction

What is Silverlight?

Technology Overview

Architecture Silverlight & Flash

Silverlight Media Business Model

Creating a Silverlight application

Definition

Why it’s time for Silverlight

Silverlight Background

Difference between 1.0 and 1.1

What is Silverlight?

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications(RIA) for the Web Definition

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.

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

Silverlight is the cross platform version of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) used in Vista and was formerly code named "WPF/Everywhere" (WPF/E). SilverLight background

SilverLight background Silverlight, is a subset of Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF) which is a part of .NET 3.0 in Windows Vista Windows Presentation Foundation is the user interface subsystem in Windows Vista code name ‘Avalon’. It’s a part of the .NET Framework 3.0 programming interface (API). Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) takes advantage of advanced 3D graphics (not in Silverlight) capabilities in modern machines. The "Aero" interface provides transparent, glass-like window borders.

Rich versus Reach

Silverlight 1.0

XAML + JavaScript

Silverlight 1.1

Includes an implementation of the CLR, so any .NET language can be used to write code

Released

Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Release To Web (RTW) for Mac & Windows September 2007

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha – September 2007

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Beta – Q3 2007

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 RTW – TBD

SilverLight 1.0, 1.1 & road ahead Silverlight 1.1 is the REAL DEAL

Technology Overview

Silverlight technologies

Programming language XAML, C# or JavaScript

Tools of Development

XAML Tools

Technology Cloud

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

XAML? XAML- e X tensible A pplication M arkup L anguage An XML-based set of tags used to describe objects and events when programming applications <Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" Width="640" Height="480“ Background=“Aliceblue“ > <TextBlock Text="Hello World"/> </Canvas> Hello World XAML !

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

Tools of Development

Microsoft Expression Studio is a suite of design and media applications from Microsoft aimed at developers and designers.

Microsoft Expression Web - WYSIWYG website designer and HTML editor. ( Microsoft FrontPage )

Microsoft Expression Blend - Visual user interface builder for Windows Presentation Foundation applications.

(For SilverLight )

Microsoft Expression Design - Raster and vector graphics editor.

Microsoft Expression Media - Digital asset and media manager.

Microsoft Expression Encoder - VC-1 content professional encoder.

XAMLPad XAML editor/Viewer Part of Windows SDK

Tools for Developer and Designer Designer Developer XAML JavaScript .NET

Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft Expression Blend

XAMLPad

Aurora XAML Editor (Mobiform)

MyXaml

Expression Tools

Micrsoft Visual Studio

XAML Tools

Architecture Silverlight & Flash

Silverlight Architecture

Comparison Flash & Silverlight

Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1

.NET Framework 2.0 / 3.0

Comparison with Flash

.NET 2.0 or 3.0

.NET Framework 2.0 – VS 2005 – Windows XP

.NET Framework 3.0 – Windows Vista (WPF)

.NET Framework 3.5 ?

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and data awareness.

ASP.NET AJAX

New Web protocol support for AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM.

.NET Framework Windows Vista 、 Windows XP 、 Windows Server 2003 Common Language Runtime (CLR) ADO.NET ASP.NET Windows Forms Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Windows CardSpace (WCS) CLS / CTS VB C# J# ・・・ 2.0 3.0 .NET Framework 2.0 .NET Framework 3.0

SilverLight 1.0 &1.1

Silverlight Business Model

Silverlight Media

Silverlight MEDIA Feature

Self-contained media playback

Customizable transport controls

Non-rectangular, semi-transparent video with overlays

Windows Media Services support Live and on demand streaming

Media markers / script commands

ASX Playlist support

Closed captioning support with Expression Media Encoder

Bandwidth throttling with IIS 7.0

Content protection (DRM Silverlight 1.1)

Alpha video (Silverlight 1.1)

Silverlight Media

The following file formats are accepted by the mediaElement (regardless of the file extension):

Video: WMV v7, v8, v9, VC-1

Audio: WMA v7, v8, v9 (standard), MP3

Opportunities with Video on the web Compelling Web User Experience Delivering media without going broke Monetization with Ads User generated content

Silverlight Business Model Compelling Web User Experience Vector Graphics Animation ASP.AJAX

Silverlight Business Model Delivering media without going broke Video delivery trend

Why stream?

Live Streaming

Fast Streaming

Logging

Caching and Proxying

Windows Media Services

Silverlight Business Model Silverlight Support - Rich media based server application - Save status of media playback - Searchable - text based (XAML) User generated content Monetization with Ads

Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live

http://silverlight.live.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/streaming.aspx

No server maintenance

Cached in edge servers worldwide

4 GB storage

Free!

Low Cost, High Quality Output

RECAP

Hosted Streaming Media

4 GB of free hosting and streaming

Global scale

Up to High Definition Output

Media Server Support

You can self-host your streaming services

Very competitive pricing

Customized skinning of your Silverlight Media control

Branding, customized looks and feels and non-traditional shapes are all possible

Creating a Silverlight application

Silverlight 1.0 – XAML + JavaScript Silverlight 1.1 – XAML + C# Creating a Silverlight application

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

Index.htm <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Hello World</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="Silverlight.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="CreateSilverlight.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="code.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> . silverlightHost { height: 480px; width: 640px; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="SilverlightControlHost" class=" silverlightHost "> <script type="text/javascript"> createSilverlight (); </script> </div> </body> </html> Silverlight 1.0 – XAML + JavaScript

function createSilverlight() { Silverlight.createObjectEx({ source: " HelloWorld.xaml ", parentElement: document.getElementById ("SilverlightControlHost") , id: "SilverlightControl", properties: { width: "100%", height: "100%", version: "1.0“ }, events: { onLoad: handleLoad } }); } CreateSilverlight.js CreateSilverlight– Script file with logic to instantiate Silverlight control

var SilverlightControl; var theTextBlock; function handleLoad(control, userContext, rootElement) { SilverlightControl = control; theTextBlock = SilverlightControl.content.findName("txt"); theTextBlock.addEventListener("MouseLeftButtonDown", "txtLClicked"); } function txtLClicked(sender, args) { theTextBlock.Text = " Silverlight Rocks !"; } Code.js Code.js – Script file containing program logic

<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Width="640" Height="480" Background="White" x:Name="Page" > <TextBlock Width="195" Height="42" Canvas.Left="28" Canvas.Top="35" Text=" Hello World !" TextWrapping="Wrap" x:Name="txt"/> </Canvas> HelloWorld.XAML XAML File –Canvas for Control

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