Introducing Silverlight
Microsoft has a number of different platforms for building applications, with Silverlight being the newest addition to the family. Let's take a look at what Silverlight is and how it fits into the big picture of software development platforms.
What Is Silverlight?
It's important at this stage to establish exactly what Silverlight is and what it isn't. Silverlight is a Rich Internet Applications (RIA) platform. RIAs could be considered a cross between desktop applications and web applications. They run within the user's web browser (with some exceptions) and use a browser plug-in to run the application within a (mostly) sandboxed environment. Silverlight bridges the gap between web applications (which can be deployed easily ...
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