Silverlight 1414 Responses

Last post: 1 month, 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Oct 6, 08, 9:01 a.m.

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• Stugoo

  Got an oppertunity to go on a silverlight trianing course.

  Im a front end kind of guy. should i be interested? ive never really done the reasearch with it.

  Oct 6, 08, 9:01 a.m. – Permalink

• JSK

  yeah, because even though its from MS, its actually pretty cool

  • they make those?– semiwa

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:02 a.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  Silverlight is gimmicky at best. If you're front end you're not going to get a whole lot out of it other than probably having the instructor preach to you about silverlight's (alleged) myriad abilities.

  • Don't get me wrong - it does a few nifty things.– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:03 a.m. – Permalink

• Stugoo

  i guess its always something new to learn

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:05 a.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  I guess you gotta weigh the pros of such a course. Are you going to be working extensively on projects that require silverlight? If so it might be worthwhile to have a more fundamental knowledge of the technology to better inform your design.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:05 a.m. – Permalink

• capsize

  used here:
  http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/jef…

  developers told me its not very flexible if yr used to flash

  • i've heard simliar– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:06 a.m. – Permalink

• monkeyshine

  Don't you have to know .NET to use Silverlight?

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:08 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  Dead duck.

  Save your neurons for something that'll actually matter.

  • like Vista - another fantastic product by MS– WeLoveNoise

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:09 a.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sil…

  "The international, non-profit European Committee for Interoperable Systems has voiced concerns that with Silverlight Microsoft aims to introduce content on the web that can only be accessed from the Windows platform. They argue that use of XAML in Silverlight is positioned to replace the cross-platform HTML standard. Effectively, if Silverlight usage becomes widespread enough, users will risk having to purchase Microsoft products to access web content.[58]"

  yeah it's wikipedia it's got to be unbiased and true.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:10 a.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  Is it eatable and delicious?

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:13 a.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  you may bitch and moan now but it'll only get worse when you're forced to use for work.

  • might as well learn it now– Llyod1/3

    It's happenenig to me right now, either I show them the "money" or they show me the back door...– Elfangio2/3

    what kind of company needs silverlight?– Llyod3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:16 a.m. – Permalink

• modern

  Seriously don't bother, I worked for a very large design studio once who were becoming close partners with MS (invited to their so called UI research centre to see silverlight and shit) and even we wouldn't touch it with a barge pole when they were offering to pay us to make things with it.

  It really is absolute dogshit next to Flash, and the install base is miniscule

  • I'm curious about their developer network etc. Are they just trying to have a legitimate looking dog & pony show?– Mimio1/2

    the thing is that MS has deep deep pockets and a lot of patience– Llyod2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 9:16 a.m. – Permalink

• Elfangio

  Actually you can't compare it with flash, but its a good tool for GUI windows app. Do you guys know all that boring financial app that run on windows? well, with Blend/silveright/WPF designers can now make them more candy and easy to use, actually now designers and c#/.NET developers can work together...

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 10:10 a.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  depends on the company and the services they provide.

  i'd say, unless you have wicked flash chops, spend your time honing your actionscript skills.

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink

• richardkark

  if you have already invested in their blend tools, then yeah, go for it. It's a different work flow than working with illustrator/photoshop to flash.

  • i mean, Microsoft Expression software package.– richardkark

  

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  Dog-earOct 6, 08, 11:24 a.m. – Permalink