When I posted about the book Getting Started with Silverlight last Friday, I made the incorrect assumption that the Silverlight examples mentioned in Shawn's book would work. Unfortunately, some of ...

It's important that you first understand the fundamental differences between Silverlight and WinRT apps. Take a look at Table 1 for a quick comparison of each platform's technology. Windows 8 is more ...

Microsoft has released version 5 of its Silverlight browser plugin and runtime environment. Among other new features, the 7-12MB download gives Silverlight developers a 3D API based on Direct3D, ...

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Tafiti is one of the cooler (if not most useful) examples of Microsoft Silverlight 1.0. It's a search engine that allows you to search between media and regular results all while providing a fluid ...