An introduction to Silverlight 3. Created for a presentation and live demonstration at http://epicenter.ie on Wednesday, 26th August 2009 in Dublin

1. Introduction to Silverlight 3 Stuart Manning Trinity College, Dublin 27 August 2009

2. Introduction to Silverlight 3

3. What Is Silverlight? Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device browser plug-in that helps companies design, develop and deliver applications and experiences on the Web.

5. 6 million .NET developershttp://www.microsoft.com/silverlight

7. Silverlight Create once, use everywhere. Platform agnostic Mac, Windows and Linux Supports ALL major browsers. Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer Build once. Support for PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, Python or any Web Platform HTML, JavaScript, AJAX Native language support for C#, VB, Iron Ruby, Iron Python, Managed JavaScript, XAML Window Presentation Foundation [WPF] subset. Seamless development experience. Designer Developer Workflow

8. New features in Silverlight 3 Support for Higher Quality Video & Audio Native H.264/Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) Audio [MP4/F4V] True HD by leveraging the system GPU Hardware acceleration IIS Smooth Streaming Dynamically detect and switches bandwidth streams Cost Effective bandwidth consumption DRM :: PlayReady Content Protection [nag free to end user] Perspective 3D Graphics [scale, rotate in each of the three axis] Improved text rendering & font support Deep Linking/SEO/Accessibility [multipage Silverlight application and content mirroring in HTML, high contrast design]

9. New features in Silverlight 3 Improved performance [Application library caching, on demand loading] Enhanced Deep Zoom Binary XML Out of Browser Life outside the browser Desktop interaction Safe & secure One Click installation Auto update Internet connectivity detection 4.6 Mb Download [8 second install]

10. Rich Web Experiences Combines animation, rich layouts, vector graphics, 3D and features like Deep Zoom [Hard Rock Cafe] Quality Viewing Experience True HD 1080p H.264 (MP4/F4V) [iPhone/YouTube] Smooth Streaming [IIS Media Services] Faster Multithreading Multicore CPU support GPU acceleration enable on both PC and MAC 100+ Prebuilt Controls Business ready data grids, chart and ‘every day’ controls Third Parties CodePlex.com

11. EasyJet EasyJethas used Silverlight to build a smooth interface to help users to explore destinations in detail. It integrates with Microsoft Virtual Earth, so developers can layer the location-relevant data on top of the Virtual Earth map images

12. Real Developer Tools Expression Blend 3 Rapid Prototyping Speed & Efficiency Reduced Redundancy Enhancing creativity Delivers Compelling Applications SketchFlow [we will visit in depth in the 2nd part of this talk by using an active demonstration] Expression Web 3 [X]HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP support Standard based development W3C support and reporting Super Preview

13. Real Developer Tools Expression Design 3 PSD, PDF, XAML support Adobe Photoshop File Format Importer Expression Encoder 3 Create compelling Video experiences H.264 Multichannel Audio WMV/VC1 codec support Screen Capture Smooth streaming with IIS7 Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Windows Server Microsoft Dynamics, BizTalk Server.

14. Real Developer Tools Expression® Studio 3 Expression Blend™ 3 + SketchFlow Expression Web 3 Expression Design 3 Expression Encoder 3 + IIS Smooth Streaming

15. Rapid Prototyping & Development SketchFlow and Expression Blend Quick and experimental User Interface & User Experience Fast, plentiful, disposable & inexpensive Communicate design intent Connect and evaluation feedback [Stakeholder meetings] Provide immediate business value Deliver compelling proposals to clients Quick & Cost Effective Contenting the left and right hemispheres of the brain Unifying the Designer and Developer Quick Prototype becomes viable Application Import pre-existing assets [Photoshop & Illustrator / Hand Drawn & Stock Assets] Scot Stanfield, SEO Vertigo. KEXP Seattle

16. Controls 100+ Prebuilt controls Easily skinned Extensible Reusable Constantly being developed and improved by the WPF/Silverlight team Open to third parties http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight Virtual Earth

17. Controls Input controls Button, CheckBox, RadioButton, RepeatButton, HyperLinkButton , ScrollBar (Vert/Horiz), Slider, Togglebutton, Tooltip, Calendar, Password, GridSplitter, Date Picker, DatePickerTextBox, DomainUpDown, NumericUpDown, TimeUpDown, Rating, ButtonSpinner, Spinner, Auto Complete Boxm, Spinner, Time Picker, Time Up Down Layout Border, Stack, Grid, Grid Splitter, ScrollViewer, DockPanel, StackPanel, ViewBox, Expander, Page, Frame, Wrap Panel Text Textblock, Textbox, Tooltip, Label , AutoComplete Data Listbox; Multi-selection ListBox, DataGrid, ItemsControl, Content Control, Dropdown list, Treeview, Treeview Item, HierarchicalDataTemplate, FieldLabel, DataForm, ErrorViewer, NEW ! Data Pager, NEW ! Data Field Navigation Scrollviewer, Tab Control, Tab Item Presentation Image, MediaElement, Ink canvas, MultiScaleImage, Accordian, ChildWindow Dialog File Open, File Save, FontPicker Chart Area, Bubble, Scatter, Pie, Bar, Column, Line, Legend, Title

18. Prebuilt controls

19. All in the framework

20. All in the framework .NET Framework provides Common Language Runtime [CLR] C#, VB, C++ Dynamic Languages Runtime [DLR] IronPython, IronRuby, Managed Jscript Threading [Multithreading, Separation of UI and Background Threads] Garbage Collection WCF, ADO.NET, LINQ [MS SQL, Oracle], REST, SOAP Cryptography Generics/Reflection/Collections B Silverlight is a WPF subset. If you outgrow Silverlight then you are ready for WPF WPF/Silverlight Sliding Scale Developed in parallel All this in a 4.6 Mb download [8 sec install]

22. Live Demo SketchFlow

23. Questions

24. Useful Resources http://www.silverlight.com http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight http://team.silverlight.net/ http://twitter.com/silverlight http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight http://stackoverflow.com

25. Thank You Stuart Manning stuart@causewaydesign.co.uk Twitter: @stuartmanning Blog: http://stuartmanning.com http://rtweeter.com