6/8/2008 2:27:34 AM
Silverlight is bad ass! I didn't bother with version 1 because I was under the impression that it was highly premature (aka kludgy). Coding in C# was more appealing than a bunch of JavaScript. Anyway, so I downloaded and installed the latest and within minutes I was able to create an application that loaded dynamic data from various interweb API's. The UI was even kind of decent ;)
One thing doesn't seem right. In downloading and installing the latest version (which meant uninstalling the previous version) all the examples written prior to this new version don't work anymore. I get taken to the "Install Silverlight" landing page and see the following:
The site that you visited was built for an earlier, beta version of Silverlight - not the current one. Please contact the site owner to let them know that they must upgrade to the latest release of Silverlight 2. Let us know if the site is not updated shortly so we can try to assist in upgrading the site to the latest Silverlight technology.
Hmmm. That's kind of scary. It makes it sound like you are s-o-l if you develop an extensive application with silverlight 2 and all of a sudden a new version is released. It also sounds as if Microsoft might strong-arm you to upgrade your application quickly!
I see myself spending a decent amount of time sandboxing and learning the ins and outs of this newer technology. I was so impressed that I even added a new Silverlight category :D
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