December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
11h 2m
English
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Silverlight 2 Features
Silverlight 2 introduced support for .NET code in Silverlight applications, but that is not the only major improvement it offered. Table 1-1 lists many of the major improvements to Silverlight 2, including several that are integral to developing data-driven applications with Silverlight. Table 1-1 singles out these specific features, as it is important to be aware of how they can help developers build solid, data-driven applications with Silverlight 2.
Table 1-1. Key Silverlight 2 features
New features in Silverlight 2 | Notes |
|---|---|
Framework languages and .NET support | Silverlight 2 includes a portion of the .NET Framework, and supports Visual Basic, Visual C#, IronRuby, and IronPython. |
Data binding and notifications | XAML-based data binding
and notifications through the |
Isolated storage | Silverlight 2 can store information in a protected area on a client computer. |
Contractual and noncontractual data services: JSON, REST, SOAP, POX, and Atom-based RSS web services | Various data services are accessible via Silverlight 2. This makes reading data from web services simple. |
Cross-domain network access | Silverlight 2 can access services that do not originate from the server hosting the Silverlight 2 application. |
LINQ, lambdas, extension methods, and object initializers | LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML, and LINQ to JSON are included in Silverlight 2 to define queries against complex data structures. ... |
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