![]() , I’m quite happy with the development tools (Expression Blend & Visual Studio), I love the prototyping capabilities that SketchFlow brings to the table and so much more. Well, I’ve talked about it before, but specifically I love the data binding capabilities, I’ll come back to that… why do I love Silverlight. ![]() I don’t have much against HTML5 but what I’m not a fan of us the development and architecture experience. OK, time to flip ’em and toss my cards down on the table: I love Silverlight & I can’t stand JavaScript. Now let me transition over and talk a little about why I still like Silverlight over HTML5 & my take on where they fit in the picture for us. What I thinks is somewhat interesting and misguided are all the people who are saying Silverlight is dead compared to HTML5. You are free to disagree but I don’t think I’m sticking my head in the sand with this point and acting like an old guy saying “ Why do we need something new, I all this old stuff we have works great!” I’m still happy with Silverlight and plan to keep building with it. ![]() ) to clients and has been used for some major events like the United States Presidential Inauguration in 2009, NCAA March Madness & the Olympics to name just three. It’s the best way to stream HD video in high quality with the best user experience (ala There are some fantastic design patters patterns that have emerged. It has incredibly strong development tools in Visual Studi0 2010 & Expression Blend. When is a technology dead? It’s when people stop using it, when you lose critical mass and when you don’t have support for it. Personally don’t think Silverlight is dead and will be around for quite some time. Shawn Wildermuth - Win8, Metro Apps & Silverlight.Laurent Bugnion - My Thoughts about BUILD, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML & Silverlight.Doug Seven - A Bad Picture is Worth a Thousand Long Discussions.There are some great posts on the subject by some leading Silverlight folks out there… I suggest you read them: For me, and from the more Silverlight-in-the-know people that are out there, it seems the consensus is that it isn’t dead. Who knows I’m a fan of Silverlight and loves coming to me and saying “ Silverlight is dead mother f-er!” I don’t get the best vibe from people within Microsoft who seem to think Silverlight is a new 4-letter word which is quite disappointing. So many people seem to think the cool thing is to say Silverlight is dead. Some things are still a bit unclear to me. You’ve got developers, Microsoft’s biggest proponent, being left out in the cold with customers asking “should we do this project on Silverlight?” I wish someone would have stood up and rebutted all the rumors. But with this issue, talk about one of the absolutely worst handled things ever. ![]() Microsoft usually does a fantastic job on marketing their products. Personally I was very frustrated as I wanted instant news, but I decided to hold back my thoughts until I felt like I had a better grasp on what was going on. Everyone was confused and started calling for “the end is near” with Silverlight only to have Microsoft say throughout the summer of 2011 “just wait until the BUILD conference, it will all make sense.” Then only to have virtually the phrase “Silverlight” to get almost zero play and talk about WinRT and Metro apps. Less clear direction from those involved in the development of Silverlight & the tools Little statement by a Microsoft executive I had this post brewing many months ago, back when Silverlight’s future was bright and adoption was great.
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