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Lighting up the Web: Next Generation Experiences with Silverlight and Expression

V1 V3September 2007 October 2008

Silverlight History

V2July 2009

22 months since launch

building momentum

22 MONTHS

22 months since launch

300m+downloads

building momentum

22 months since launch

300m+downloads

400,000+

Developers & Designers

Source: Microsoft Developer Tracker 2008 Report

building momentum

22 months since launch

300m+downloads

400,000+

Developers & Designers

200+ partners in

30 countries

building momentum

22 months since launch

300m+downloads

400,000+

Developers & Designers

200+ partners in

30 countries

200+Microsoft

Products & Websites

building momentum

22 months since launch

300m+downloads

400,000+

Developers & Designers

200+ partners in

30 countries

200+Microsoft

Products & Websites

Thousands of Apps across the

Globe

www.silverlight.net/showcase

building momentum

Silverlight 3 shipped in July 2009

But just what IS Silverlight?

Silverlight 3: new functionality

Graphics & MediaApplications Design Tooling

in a smaller download

Support for HigherQuality Video & Audio

EmpoweringRich Experiences

Improving RIA Productivity

Out of BrowserCapabilities

Expression Blend 3Preview

Silverlight 3 Themes

runtime is back-compat & does not run side-by-side

new tools for designers & developers

designers & developers: Speak the same language

Designer / Developer Experience

designers design

designers & developers: Speak different languages

developers add business logic

designer developer

Expression Blend 3

• Compelling Experiences– Iterate and deliver your ideas faster– Create solutions for desktop and the web– Easy demonstrate your vision with SketchFlow (NEW)– Use Behaviors for interactivity, animation and transitions without writing code (NEW)– Control skinning (NEW)– Various animation easing functions (NEW)

• Accelerated Results– Maximize synergy between design and development– Export prototype or application structure to Microsoft Word– Import design time sample data or create it on the fly (NEW)– Robust code editing with XAML, C# and VB with Intellisense (NEW)– Improved workspace and design surface

• Powerful Technology– Supports Silverlight, WPF, XAML, C# and VB– Photoshop and Illustrator import (NEW)– Extensibility model for Blend (NEW)– Visual Studio TFS integration for source control (NEW)

Take your ideas from concept to completion

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Expression Blend 3

SketchFlow – Flow Window

SketchFlow – Wiggly Styles

Sample Data – Creating & Editing

SketchFlow – Player

SketchFlow – Feedback

SketchFlow – Create Word Doc

SketchFlow – Sketching

SketchFlow - Interactivity

Photoshop Import - Making it real

Photoshop Import – direct editing

Photoshop Import – direct editing

NEXT STEPS• Try out Blend 3 with SketchFlow

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

• Go to Expression Galleryhttp://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/

• Information from the Expression Teamhttp://team.silverlight.net/

• My Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/martharotter

• E-mailmartharo@microsoft.com