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Web Wednesday: Introduction to Silverlight

Overview The presenter of this webcast explains how to Light Up the Web with the new web-based UI, Silverlight. Silverlight combines the flexibility and tool support of the XAML file format with the ubiquity of the web. This webcast will cover what Silverlight is and what its key components are for both v1.0 and v1.1, how to create a Silverlight application with Visual Studio .NET 2008 and Expression Blend, how to enrich user experiences with XAML and JavaScript, how to incorporate web service data and media into Silverlight applications, and how to deploy a Silverlight application to the web.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	5th October 2007 01:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Web Development and Design, XML, Programming Languages

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