Or “Getting R.A.D. with Silverlight and Expression Blend”!
The idea behind this set of talks was to take a look at the options currently available, or on their way for creating Rich Internet Applications. Unfortunately we couldn’t get representation from the Flash community, but Bruce Lawson was there to give his popular talk from FOWA on HTML5, and I offered an insight into the features of Silverlight and Expression Blend 3.
The slides are available…
- On Slideshare
- Or as a PDF, including my speaker notes [3.5Mb] for extra info (click or hover on the pink note icon top left on each slide)
I’ve also uploaded the example project I used in the demo [2.5Mb]. Included within the root of the Project folder is the XML I imported using the sample data function to populate the list box if you want to try it out yourself.
Details of the features demonstrated in the sample:
- Grid Settings & Layout
- Custom fonts & embedding
- Pixel Shading - Drop Shadow
- Sample data XML import
- Create List box from sample data
- Template resources (listbox item)
- Element > element binding between Listbox & text block
- Storyboard timeline animation
- Behaviours to trigger animation
- Out of Browser / save to desktop
Links mentioned in the talk:
- Silverlight smooth Streaming Demo
- SketchFlow
- Expression Blend trial
I have a load more links detailed under a previous talk, all around getting started with Silverlight – lots of useful blogs and resources if you’re new to the platform:
http://www.space-scape.com/index.php/2009/04/01/silverlight-insight-talk-real-world-experience
Finally, I realised afterwards that i didn’t demo our latest app which came out of the work we did with SketchFlow. I’ll see if I can get a screencast done, as it’s certainly one of the most polished products we’ve produced, and a good example of the more conventional line-of-business type apps.
Thanks again to the Multipack for another cool Presents Session.