Scott Guthrie:
Silverlight 2 features:
- Cross browser cross platform version of .NET
- Multi language support
- WPF UI framework (as a subset).
- Use controls, layout management.
- Databinding support
- Skinning, styling
- Animation support
- Networking (REST, SOAP, etc...)
- Built in support for Sockets
- Integrated data support, including LINQ
- Local cache store
- High performance
- Small download, fast install(4.3 MB download all inclusive)
- Linux implementation of SL2 available.
- Includes Calendar control, Datagrid control...
- Very rich support for templating and skinning.
- Split view design editor in VS2008!!
- Remote debug Silverlight running on a Mac too
- CTP versions of VS2008 and Expression Studio shipping today.
Print | posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:03 AM