Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008

Chapter 12. Browser Integration

Because Silverlight applications run in their own carefully designed environment, you're insulated from the quirks and cross-platform headaches that traditionally confront developers when they attempt to build rich browser-based applications. This is a tremendous advantage. It means that you can work with an efficient mix of C# code and XAML markup, rather than struggle through a quagmire of HTML, JavaScript, and browser compatibility issues.

However, there are some cases when you'll need to create a web page that isn't just a thin shell around a Silverlight application. Instead, you might want to add Silverlight content to an existing page, and allow the HTML and Silverlight portions of your page to interact.

There ...