01 October 2007
Using Web Analytics with Silverlight.
Michael S. Scherotter (Synergist) and resident Silverlight guru, has put his money where his mouth is and created a webinar around "Using Web Analytics with Silverlight".
It's going to be a compelling discussion, as he's essentially showing how one is able to inject existing analytics into Silverlight. I know from experience, that to carry out this style of execution is somewhat difficult inside the Flash runtime, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Yet, knowing Michael's work, don't be surprised if he shocks your beliefs around whether it can't be done as he's by far one of my favorite Silverlight Producers (thankfully he's on our payroll).
http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/archive/2007/09/28/upcoming-webinar-using-web-analytics-with-silverlight.aspx
Be sure to register and give him feedback.
** UPDATE: Jeff Wilcox resident Test lead for Silverlight emailed me a blog post on how he was able to break the Microsoft Kool-aid guidelines and tap into Google Analytics using a Mac (See, we aren't all blue blooded fanbois, we also know how to party - geekstyle).
"..Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 and the HTML DOM bridge can easily interface with Google Analytics to help you analyze, track, and better understand your web site visitors. Already a common activity for Flash and Flex developers, the concept of tracking within a rich web application may be new to traditional client application developers, and probably not something done with common WPF applications, but it's simple to add and very useful to advertisers.."
So, You can see Jeff's version in the living wild, you can also now see Michael's upcoming Webinar on the "how". I think both have kicked some butt with this, and I'm freakin glad they are on our payroll.
+2 Beers coming both Michael's & Jeff's way when I'm next in the states:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffwilcox/archive/2007/10/01/using-google-analytics-with-rich-managed-web-applications-in-silverlight.aspx
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Scott Barnes currently is a Rich Platform Product Manager (WPF & Silverlight). He has been working with Adobe/Macromedia technology for the past 10 years with a main focus specifically on Internet Applications (aka. RIA, Rich Client Technology etc).
Scott first started out as a graphic designer in the late 90’s and over the years developed a passion for programmatic art (Designer + Developer mind). He recently has branched out further into 3D modelling and animation making full use of both his designer + developer mindset.
"..The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man..." - George Bernard Shaw
