Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Introduction to Silverlight


This article is for beginners who are new to Silverlight. It will provide complete understanding to Silverlight introduction. Today we will talk about Silverlightdefinition.



What is Silverlight?

·         Silverlight is an application framework for developing Rich Internet Application (RIA).

·         Silverlight supports cross-browser technology i.e. it supports multiple browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.

·         Silverlight is compatible with multiple Operating System  like Windows and Mac OS. It also supported on Linux through Moonlight technology.

·         Silverlight also supports cross-device technology i.e. mobile devices to desktop browsers.

·         Silverlight is available as web browser plug-in to be installed on client-side browser to run Silverlight application.

·         Silverlight applications are written in text-based markup language XAML, that is used to define UI element.

·         The earlier versions of Silverlight focused on streaming media, the latest version now supports animation, graphics and multimedia.


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