Chapter 1. Introducing Silverlight

Silverlight is a Microsoft .NET Framework-based technology platform that enables IT professionals to develop next-generation, media-rich, interactive Line of Business Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) in an agile and cost-effective way. Cross-platform Silverlight-based line of business application can provide maximum customer satisfaction and help organizations to return maximum Return of Investment (ROI).

Silverlight provides a platform to develop cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device RIAs. All versions of Silverlight are a subset of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)—a strong and abstracted presentation framework—for defining interactive user interfaces that can be integrated seamlessly with media ...

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