The Last Word

In this chapter, you saw how to build more advanced web pages by blending the boundaries between Silverlight and the containing HTML page. You learned how Silverlight can find and manipulate HTML elements directly and how it can call JavaScript code routines. You also learned how to use the reverse trick and let JavaScript call scriptable methods in your Silverlight application. Finally, you considered the security implications of breaking down the barriers between Silverlight code and the HTML world.

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