15.20. Silverlight in the Real World

Some developers consider Silverlight little more than a toy at present and argue that it is not suitable for serious line-of-business applications. Can Silverlight really be used to produce a line-of-business application? I talked to Rusty and Andy at SharpCloud about their experiences of developing a Silverlight application.

15.20.1. Rusty Johnson and Andy Britcliffe

http://www.sharpcloud.com

SharpCloud is currently developing a "project risk assessment application." The application does complex calculations to determine the optimum order for carrying out projects. The application is built using Silverlight and WCF, and it runs on Windows Azure (see Chapter 16). It is shown in Figure 15-34 and Figure 15-35 ...

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