What is Silverlight?
Silverlight is Microsoft’s new programming model for developing and distributing rich Internet applications (RIA) that use graphics, animations or video within the .NET framework. It’s also the plug-in from Microsoft for delivering media created with Silverlight.
To learn more about Silverlight, WhatIs.com’s Alex Howard sat down with SearchVB.com editor Brian Eastwood.
When you listen to the podcast, you’ll learn more about Silverlight, including:
- More about what, exactly, Silverlight is
- How Silverlight works
- Who is using Silverlight
- Where Silverlight is being used
- How Silverlight compares to Flash and Adobe’s Apollo
- Why Microsoft could be moving development to the Web browser from the desktop — and how it’s happening
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