Silverlight: A Beginner's Guide for Advanced Developers - CodeProject

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Introduction to article about a book

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Silverlight Basics
• Silverlight and the .NET Framework
• Hello Silverlight

This book is about Silverlight solutions. In this chapter we go behind the scenes and see what is meant by Silverlight plug-ins, what the components of Silverlight application are, and the role of the .NET Framework is.
Silverlight is ideally suited for the following kind of applications:

• Advanced Graphics and Animations
• Data Visualization with AJAX technology
• Rich Interactive games, Web gadgets, and Ad Banners
• Advanced Media Applications

This chapter is meant to give you a quick overview, and set a foundation for rest of the chapters. Let's begin.

Silverlight: A Beginner's Guide for Advanced Developers - CodeProject

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