1. MANOHARI.C

2. WHAT IS SILVERLIGHT?
 Silverlight is the new Microsoft technology on the web platform for
Rich Internet Applications (RIA), launched by Microsoft in 2007.
 Silverlight supports multiple browsers called cross-browser
technology, which includes Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari,
Opera etc…
 Silverlight supports multiple Operating Systems (a cross-platform
technology) which includes the Windows family of OSs, Mac, and
Linux with Moonlight technology (Moonlight is an Open Source
implementation of Silverlight, primarily for Linux and other Unix/X11
based Operating Systems).
 Silverlight also supports multiple devices (a cross-device
technology), which includes mobile devices to desktop browsers to

3. WHY SILVERLIGHT?
 Support for the .NET framework – if you are a .NET
developer, it is easy to start programming on Silverlight.
 Support for Managed code – you can write programs in
your favorite languages which the .NET CLR supports,
like C#, VB.NET, dynamic languages (Iron Python, Iron
Ruby).
 Better development tools - Visual Studio 2010,
Expression Blend.
 Large community -lot of learning resource are available
as compared to Flash technology.

4. SILVERLIGHT RELEASES
SILVERLIGHT 1
• Released in 2007.It consists of core representation
framework which is responsible for user interface.
• Interactivity, user input, User input controls, graphics &
animation, media playback.
• The major drawback of this release is no support for
managed code, which means you can’t use .NET
supported programming languages for manipulating GUI
elements.

5. SILVERLIGHT 1.0

6. SILVERLIGHT 2.0
 Released in March 2008.
 It supports managed codes.
 Silverlight 2.0 supports .NET programming languages like C#,
VB.NET to write business logic or manipulate UI Elements at client-
side. Silverlight2.0 is based on .NET Framework 3.5.
 Silverlight came up with its own library, which is a subset of .NET
framework's Base Class Library, including controls, components,
support for Web Services, and LINQ API features.
 It also provides security not to access the Silverlight platform API
from the outside world.

7. SILVERLIGHT 2.0

8. SILVERLIGHT 3.0
 Released in 9 July, 2009.
 Improved graphics capabilities to support a
richer and more interactive user interface.
 Support for 3D graphics
 Animation
 Pixel shaders.
 Theme application support.
 Enhanced control-skinning.
 Enhanced media management supporting
high-quality and secured multimedia
streaming.

9. SILVERLIGHT 4.0
 Released on 18 November, 2009.
 Support for Google's Chrome browser.
 Web cam and microphone support.
 Printing support.
 Improved mouse support including right button support and
mouse wheel support.
 New notification support to display messages to end users.
 New support for implicit theming of controls.

10. SILVERLIGHT 5.0
 Released on 2 December, 2010.
 Supports GPU accelerated video decoding.
 Improved power awareness.
 Built in Remote-control support.
 Supports faster application startup.
 Provides 64-bit browser support.
 Automated UI testing support for applications with Visual
Studio 2010.

11. SILVERLIGHT STRUCTURE

12. How Silverlight Change the web
 Highest Quality Video Experience .
 Cross-Platform, Cross-Browser .
 Developers and Graphic Designers can play together.
 Cheaper.
 Support for 3rd Party Languages.
 Extreme Speed.
 Silverlight offers copy protection.

13. BENEFITS OF SILVERLIGHT
 Silverlight offers cross-domain support for applications
 Silverlight plugin is just a 1MB download and is
supported in windows XP and above.
 Silverlight also has a browser plugin but still needs to
reach at pace with flash.
 Supports asynchronous calls