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Overview of Silverlight 3 & Using SketchFlow to create rapid, interactive applicationsTRANSCRIPT
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Lighting up the Web: Next Generation Experiences with Silverlight and Expression
V1 V3September 2007 October 2008
Silverlight History
V2July 2009
22 months since launch
building momentum
22 MONTHS
22 months since launch
300m+downloads
building momentum
22 months since launch
300m+downloads
400,000+
Developers & Designers
Source: Microsoft Developer Tracker 2008 Report
building momentum
22 months since launch
300m+downloads
400,000+
Developers & Designers
200+ partners in
30 countries
building momentum
22 months since launch
300m+downloads
400,000+
Developers & Designers
200+ partners in
30 countries
200+Microsoft
Products & Websites
building momentum
22 months since launch
300m+downloads
400,000+
Developers & Designers
200+ partners in
30 countries
200+Microsoft
Products & Websites
Thousands of Apps across the
Globe
www.silverlight.net/showcase
building momentum
Silverlight 3 shipped in July 2009
But just what IS Silverlight?
Silverlight 3: new functionality
Graphics & MediaApplications Design Tooling
in a smaller download
Support for HigherQuality Video & Audio
EmpoweringRich Experiences
Improving RIA Productivity
Out of BrowserCapabilities
Expression Blend 3Preview
Silverlight 3 Themes
runtime is back-compat & does not run side-by-side
new tools for designers & developers
designers & developers: Speak the same language
Designer / Developer Experience
designers design
designers & developers: Speak different languages
developers add business logic
designer developer
Expression Blend 3
• Compelling Experiences– Iterate and deliver your ideas faster– Create solutions for desktop and the web– Easy demonstrate your vision with SketchFlow (NEW)– Use Behaviors for interactivity, animation and transitions without writing code (NEW)– Control skinning (NEW)– Various animation easing functions (NEW)
• Accelerated Results– Maximize synergy between design and development– Export prototype or application structure to Microsoft Word– Import design time sample data or create it on the fly (NEW)– Robust code editing with XAML, C# and VB with Intellisense (NEW)– Improved workspace and design surface
• Powerful Technology– Supports Silverlight, WPF, XAML, C# and VB– Photoshop and Illustrator import (NEW)– Extensibility model for Blend (NEW)– Visual Studio TFS integration for source control (NEW)
Take your ideas from concept to completion
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Expression Blend 3
SketchFlow – Flow Window
SketchFlow – Wiggly Styles
Sample Data – Creating & Editing
SketchFlow – Player
SketchFlow – Feedback
SketchFlow – Create Word Doc
SketchFlow – Sketching
SketchFlow - Interactivity
Photoshop Import - Making it real
Photoshop Import – direct editing
Photoshop Import – direct editing
NEXT STEPS• Try out Blend 3 with SketchFlow
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/
• Go to Expression Galleryhttp://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/
• Information from the Expression Teamhttp://team.silverlight.net/
• My Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/martharotter