Silverlight Dev Camp DC Keynote

Keynote Presentation

November 3rd, 2007

Frank La [email protected] Information Sciences

What’s a Dev Camp?

DevCamp is a BarCamp for developers Not a Code Camp, per se BarCamps are ad-hoc gatherings For people to share and learn in an

open environment Technically speaking, an agenda-less

“unconference”

Schedule

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Sponsors (Cont’d)

Gold Sponsors

House Rules No Smoking Clean Up After Yourself We are all guests of Microsoft & let’s be

good guests Evaluation Forms, Evaluation Forms,

Evaluation Forms!

Dev Camp: Day of Learning DevCamps are free

and run by volunteers Speakers are giving

freely of their time Some speakers are

presenting for the first time today

Remember, this is a community event

Please silence all cell phones

If Developers Ruled the WorldWith Apologies to the Graphic Designers in

the Room

What would the World be like if

Software Developers ran it?

Debugging Would Be Prime Time Drama

Developers Would Be in Action Films

Bad Code Would Be Entertaining

Silverlight Would’ve Come Out in the 80s

What is Silverlight?

Formerly known as WPF/E Similar to WPF Uses XAML Vector based graphics Runs on Window, Mac and Linux

Will run on Windows Mobile in future

Version 1.0 is released Version 1.1 is in Alpha

Versions of Silverlight

1.0Uses Javascript for interactivitySupports High Def Streaming

1.1Uses .NET for interactivityHas a scaled down CLR

○ Called AG CLR (AG = Silver)Supports High Def Streaming

Javascript Gets No RespectMany enterprise & component developers are waiting until version 1.1 ships to develop content for Silverlight.

However, this is missing the opportunity Silverlight presents.

The CompetitionRich Internet Applications (RIA) have been

around for a while. For past ten years, Flash has dominated

the marketAdobe Flex is an IDE built on top of Flash

with J2EE & JSP

Sun recently introduced JavaFX

Silverlight State of the UnionA Tour of Some Interesting Silverlight Web Sites

Silverlight User Group (SLUG)

Would there be enough interest in the DC Metro Area for a Silverlight User Group?

Please answer the question on the evaluation forms

Keep the Conversation Going Keep an eye on this URL

http://www.silverlightdevcamp.com Twitter

http://twitter.com/SilverlightDC Facebook

Silverlight DevCamp DC Group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6060616406

TaggingThe magic word is SilverlightDevCampDC.

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Learning the Basics of Silverlight