With the introduction of Silverlight, Microsoft is entering the race to create a platform that enables developers to create Rich Internet Applications (RIA), a term coined by Adobe.
The essence of RIAs is almost a blast from the past -- the client-server past, that is. Faced by the limitations of HTML, the non-compliance of browsers with DHTML and even CSS, and the needs of end users for a richer application experience, Adobe built technology on top of their ubiquitous and very pop [...]
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Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship for developers, and Visual Studio 2008 is the first version of Visual Studio to support multiple versions of .NET.
Performance portability means that code can achieve good performance across a range of computer architectures while maintaining a single body of source code.
July 21-24, 2008
Chicago, IL
Find real-world solutions to your biggest software architecture challenges at Architecture & Design World 2008. Register by June 20 and save up to $300!
THE DOBBS CHALLENGE
Download the Dr. Dobbs Challenge game for either Windows or Windows Mobile and modify it using Visual Studio 2008. Win $10,000!
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