Friday 20 April 2007

WPF/E becomes Silverlight

Microsoft's project name WPF/E (Windows Presentation Foundation / Everywhere) has now been officially named Microsoft Silverlight. Although still only on February CTP, watch this space as the full version is due later in the year (July/Aug'ish).

I like the direction this vector-based technology is going in - decarative XAML markup all nice and separate from the code (I'm a big advocate of decarative UI building). I also like the way it can be embedded into existing HTML/ASPX pages, thus offering a doorway for developers to use the technology in existing ASP.Net apps (it does not have to be an all or nothing approach).

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