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Silverlight 2 Release Updates Now Available
Silverlight 2 has been released to the Web. You can download Silverlight 2 and the Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend 2 tool support to target it from Get Started . Silverlight 2 is small in size (4.6MB) and takes only 4-10 seconds to install on Read More...
Silverlight 2 Boasts New Features for Rich Internet Application Development, Streaming Media
So what do you get in Silverlight 2? Here are some highlights of new Silverlight 2 features: .NET Framework support with a rich base class library. This is a compatible subset of the full .NET Framework. Powerful built-in controls . These include DataGrid, Read More...
Silverlight 2, Silverlight Tools Ships This Week
Silverlight 2 will be rolled out tomorrow. Silverlight 2 goes beyond the media-centered Web user interface that came out in the first version. Silverlight 2 includes a subset of the .NET Framework and allows ISVs to build rich Internet applications (RIA) Read More...
Silverlight 2 Developer Runtime Release Candidate Posted
The first release candidate for Silverlight 2 has been posted. The release updates tool support for Visual Studio and Expression Blend. There are some breaking changes between Beta2 release and this release candiate. The end-user edition has not been Read More...
Silverlight 3 to Support Streaming HD Flash Video Encoding
An upcoming version of Silverlight , named Silverlight 3, will be able to play high-definition videos used in Flash and music in iTunes' AAC format. The version add to the variety of streamed HD video and high-fidelity music that broadcasters are expected Read More...
Build Your Applications Using Silverlight 2
"User experience has never been a top concern when developing line-of-business (LOB) apps, but Silverlight 2 might change that," according to Anthony Lombardo who writes in Dr. Dobbs Portal. His article, Building Line-of-Business Apps with Silverlight Read More...
PDC Preconference Offers 11 Reasons To Come Early
The Professional Developer Conference (PDC) agenda will feature sessions on software modeling, agile development, cloud computing, Silverlight and a whole lot more. Information Week has a great article that pulls together the topics entitiled What to Read More...
Register for Silverlight 2 Developer Webcasts
Silverlight Geek Jesse Liberty has a series of webcasts on Silverlight 2 for developers. Liberty is a Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Silverlight Developer Community Team. Click the links to register. August 6 Memory efficient multi-page applications Read More...
Virtual Earth in Silverlight with VIEWS
I recently had the honor of participate in Incubation Week out in Silicon Valley. Leading up to the event we realized that at least two out of our six participants wanted to integrate Virtual Earth and Silverlight. I searched for guidance online but only Read More...
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