Scott Guthrie Keynote - 3
Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:04 PM
by
bruce
Filed under: Home, Mix, Silverlight, Canadian MIXers
Silverlight 2 beta includes
- Multi-language support - VB, C#, Iron Ruby, Iron Python
- WPF UI, including data binding
- Networking stack - REST, SOAP, WS-*, sockets. And cross-domain stuff is supported
- Integrated Data Support - LINQ, and the ability to cache data across browser sessions
- High performance
- Small download, fast install - 4.3 MB download, no .NET Framework download required, working with Novell on a Linux implementation
Includes a lot of built-in controls
- Sliders
- Calendars
- DatePicker
- DataGrid
Built-in controls are shipped with source included in the beta. Open license allows for modification and resale.
The built-in controls are now completely skinable, including custom animations.
Also including unit testing capability for Silverlight controls. Around 1200 unit tests included for the built-in controls.
They are also shipping preview versions of Silverlight tools for VS2008 and Expression.
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