Chapter 19. Microsoft® Silverlight™ and Rich Internet Applications

 

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light.

 
 --William Butler
 

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

 
 --Henry David Thoreau
 

Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.

 
 --Albert Einstein
 

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

 
 --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 

The path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.

 
 --Mencius

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you will learn:

  • What Silverlight is and what its capabilities are.

  • The differences between Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1.

  • To create user interfaces in XAML.

  • To embed multimedia in a Silverlight application.

  • To program for Silverlight with JavaScript.

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