Silverlight is a browser plugin that allows Web applications to provide features such as animation, graphics, audio, and video; with this book, readers learn to build a variety of Silverlight applications.
Shows how to build everything from basic, static Silverlight-enabled HTML pages to advanced, Silverlight-enhanced ASP.NET applications.
Discusses development tools, such as Expression Blend 2.0 and Visual Studio 2008.
Microsoft has announced plans for NBCOlympics.com to cover the 2008 Beijing Olympics using Silverlight to deliver live event video coverage, which would require the site's millions of visitors to download the Silverlight framework.