Robert Bell of Microsoft, introduces interoperability scenarios for using Silverlight from Java and provides architectural guidance. Silverlight is intended to target scenarios where rich internet applications can be quickly deployed to browser clients. Silverlight can be deployed from any webserver and acts as a control embedded within the browser providing container security.
Robert covers:
- Architecture of Silverlight
- Security
- Inteoperability
- REST
- RSS
- SOAP
Enjoy this article Robert Bell on Silverlight and Java Interoperability.
Community comments
Please stop calling Silverlight "cross-platform/device" when it's not.
by Mathias Nicolajsen Kjærgaard,
Re: Please stop calling Silverlight
by Donny Vel,
Re: Please stop calling Silverlight cross-platform
by Mathias Nicolajsen Kjærgaard,
Please stop calling Silverlight "cross-platform/device" when it's not.
by Mathias Nicolajsen Kjærgaard,
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Silverlight is supported on two platforms: MS Windows and Mac.
It is not supported on any of my devices: Fedora/Ubuntu Linux desktop, Play Station 3, Nokia Internet Tablet N800, Nokia 6120 Mobile Phone and Asus eee PC.
Java and Flash on the other hand, runs on all of these devices, plus of course MS Windows, Mac and many more platforms.
/Mathias
Re: Please stop calling Silverlight
by Donny Vel,
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Actually it is cross-platform. Microsoft is working on getting it to work with Mobile phones and the iPhone. Plus Mono has created Moonlight with Microsofts help, to run on Fedora/Ubuntu Linux desktop, & Play Station 3.
Re: Please stop calling Silverlight cross-platform
by Mathias Nicolajsen Kjærgaard,
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Well, if you read this, you may notice that neither Fedora/Ubuntu Linux desktops or the PS3 are blessed platforms for Moonlight. Fedora and Ubuntu are not "Downstream" and the PS3 is not a "Personal Computer". Microsoft does not want Silverlight to be cross-platform!