Apr 19, 2010

RIA - HCL and Silverlight









I was reading this report by HCL guys about how online shopping could be more like real life shopping experience. As we all know how HTML limits our capability to make such applications which are not so user friendly. According to them and as we all know that Adobe Flex and AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaFX, OpenLaszlo, and AJAX are those RIA (Rich Internet Application) enablers which makes apps so much better.

I think if really want to develop such applications, we have to think just like end users. We have to go beyond the restrictions caused by coding limitations.
I think Silverlight is something which is an upcoming thing.



As Microsoft says :

Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating rich media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices.

Silverlight is a free plug-in powered by the .NET framework that is compatible across multiple browsers, devices and operating systems to bring a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. With support for advanced data integration, multithreading, HD video using IIS Smooth Streaming, and built in content protection, Silverlight enables online and offline applications for a broad range of business and consumer scenarios.


The cool thing about silverlight is we don't have to write code separatly for browser or device compatibility purposes. I think it is another technology we need to learn to get better at creating rich internet applications. You can join silverlight developer community. I think it is worth giving a try. for the site click here : CLICK

After learning AJAX, i just can't searching more and more about it and to see how develpoers use it their projects.

2 comments:

  1. I think a better move would be for developers to stop producing their own ways of doing things.... how about we just unify many of the commonly used processes in order to allow developers to more easily make their dreams into reality.

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  2. yeah may be may be not...I think everybody has their own style..I would like to play around with new stuff and see if I want to use it or not...I mean there is no compulsion.

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