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.

·         Silverlight iscompetitor to Adobe Flash.

Developing RIAs:

Introduction

There varied method of building Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), which adds various methodologies for development associated with RIA. RIAs classically provide a "no-refresh" look to the user border and provide what is now being known as HDuX - High Definition User skill. For an end user, RIA apps fetch the best of client-server and web technology and for most ISVs and E-businesses, it is now very important to accept RIA technology for their next release.

RIA over many years has good weight age on web, mainly because of espousal of AJAX and other flex and flash expertise. It carries the same features and functions usually as similar to desktop application. One of the major effects to note about RIAs is the pattern shift with regards to appearance, data and behavior. An RIA usually runs inside a Web browser and typically does not need software installation on the client side to work. However, some RIAs may only work properly with one or more exact browsers.

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