Introduction
Silver light is the new Microsoft technology on
the web platform for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) launched by Microsoft in
2007. Silverlight supports multiple browsers called cross-browser technology,
which includes Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari, Opera . Silverl ight
supports multiple Operating Systems which includes the Windows family of OSs,
Mac, and Linux with Moonlight technology . Silver light also supports multiple
devices which includes mobile devices to desktop browsers to 720p HDTV video
modes Silver light is a browser plug-in approximately 4MB in size; it is a
client-side free software easy and fast, and has a less than 10 sec one time
installation available for any client side browser. Silver light supports
display of high-definition video files, and sending them over the internet.
Silver light applications are delivered to a browser in a text-based markup
language called XAML. XAML is a declarative markup language that you can use to
define UI elements for your Silver light-based applications. Silverlight is
considered as a competitor to Adobe Flash technology. One of the design goals of
the Silverlight technology is to fill the gap between Windows applications and
web applications in terms of creating Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). So far,
web developers were not able to make clients happy in terms of UI, but now web
developers will be able to full fill this with the help of the Silver light
technology.
Why Sliver light
- Support for the .NET framework if
you are a .NET developer it is easy to start programming on
Silverlight.
- Support for Managed code you can write
programs in your favorite languages which the .NET CLR supports, like C#,
VB.NET, dynamic languages.
- Better development tools Visual
Studio 2010, Expression Blend.
- Large community lot of learning resource
are available as compared to Flash technology.
- Integration with Enterprise based
technologies like WPF, LINQ.
Simple Sliver light application
Code
<Canvas
xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007”
xmlns:x=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml”
Loaded=”javascript:root_Loaded”>
<MediaElement
x:Name=”mPlayer”
Width=”640”
Height=”400”
Source=”http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/5/2/6527a090-aef4-4ed2-8d7e-8946e94257a0/WM_IN_Sumit_Chauhan.wmv”
/>
<TextBlock
Canvas.Top =”0”
Text=”Play”
MouseLeftButtonDown=”javascript:PlayVideo”>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Canvas.Top =”16”
Text=”Stop”
MouseLeftButtonDown=”javascript:StopVideo”>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Canvas.Top =”32”
Text=”Pause”
MouseLeftButtonDown=”javascript:PauseVideo”>
</TextBlock>
</Canvas>
Summary : This is the simple sliver light
application play the media player.