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Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:56 AM

Silverlight Controls

As Silverlight currently doesn't ship with controls apart from the controls contained inside the Silverlight 1.1 Alpha SDK, it makes it somewhat tedious to develop UIs. I came across this awesome set of controls from Netika. I would definitely urge any Silverlighters to take a look. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:29 AM

XAML browser applications (XBAPs) vs Silverlight

XBAP defintion from MSDN: "XAML browser applications (XBAPs) are intended to combine the best features of Web applications and rich-client applications. As with a Web application, XAML browser applications (XBAPs) can be deployed from a server to a system with a single click. The application then runs in the browser without any interruptions beyond the time needed to download the application. However, unlike the relatively limited graphics and media capabilities of HTML-based applications, XAML...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:41 AM

Silverlight - More Beginnings

Silverlight.net offers the community a one stop resource for getting started with Silverlight. It offers a wide variety of resources on getting started such as Videos, Whitepapers, Quickstarts and a Gallery with downloadable source code. Apart from that, the forums are a great way to get to ask questions on problems/challenges you might encounter. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:35 AM

Silverlight 101

What is Silverlight? Sweet and short, it brings richer UI to the browser. Posted on MSDN "Silverlight combines multiple technologies into a single development platform that enables you to select the right tools and the right programming language for your needs. Silverlight offers you the following features: WPF and XAML. Silverlight includes Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology, which greatly extends the elements in the browser for creating UI. WPF lets you create immersive graphics...
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