What is Silverlight Framework in asp.net?

What is Silverlight Framework in asp.net?



Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and  running browser plug –ins or other rich internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash. The run-time environment for Silverlight is available as a plug –in for most web browsers.    

     

Silverlight  Is also one of the two application development platforms for Windows Phone 7 /8 The latest version is Silverlight  5.0.

Silverlight enables you to create a state-of-the-art application that has the following features:
It is a cross-browser, cross-platform technology. It runs in all popular Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and on Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X.

It enables you to create Windows Phone applications. To learn more about creating Windows Phone applications with Silverlight, see Windows Phone Development.

It is supported by a small download that installs in seconds.

It streams video and audio. It scales video quality to everything from mobile devices to desktop browsers to 720p HDTV video modes.

It includes compelling graphics that users can manipulate—drag, turn, and zoom—directly in the browser.

It reads data and updates the display, but it doesn't interrupt the user by refreshing the whole page.

The application can run in the Web browser or you can configure it so users can run it on their computer (out-of-browser). In addition, you can use your knowledge of the Silverlight framework to create Windows Phone applications.

Silverlight application with rich graphics and user interaction



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