Silverlight 2 Technology for creating internet applications

Silverlight is a new revolutionary technology for developing custom web interfaces created by Microsoft based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) The Silverlight applications use XAML markup language with the support of tools such as Expression Design and Expression Blend. This makes it possible to implement the striking effects (gradients, compositions, animation) In addition to the rich set of controls, Silverlight 2 allows you to use not only JavaScript language, but also with # and VB.
Silverlight provides you with the entire .NET power on various platforms (Internet Explorer and Firefox for Windows, Firefox and Safari for Macintosh and Firefox for Linux) The author on numerous examples helps to very quickly master the foundations of this modern technology