Richard Costall Silverlight Showcase

Richard Costall (MVP, MCSD.NET) has over 19 years development experience and works for 1st Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner, and the UK's leading software solution for Financial Adviser and Intermediaries, designing and implementing IFA applications in the financial services sector. Previously specializing in VB, XML/XSLT, COM, ASP and MSMQ, Richard now lives and breathes the awesome world of .Net and in particular ASP.NET (including 2.0) Richard spent 5 1/2 years as the Midlands regional coordinator for VBUG (Visual Basic User Group) before co-founding NxtGenUG, the innovative UK user group for Microsoft Technologies.

Richard has written articles for publications such as ASP.NET Pro and International Developer Magazines and also co-authored the Apress title Professional MSMQ. He speaks a local user groups, Microsoft Conferences/Product launches, TechED Europe and the hugely successful DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Events.

When not in .Net land, Richard enjoys relaxing at home with his wife and two sons, playing on the XBOX 360 or ultimately jetting off to Walt Disney World, Florida, for a trip on the Tower of Terror.

Session Abstract – Silverlight Showcase

Silveright 2.0 is Microsoft’s new development framework for building Rich Internet/Interactive Applications (RIA) on the web. In this session Richard Costall will give you a ‘kick-start’ on this powerful technology in his own unique and entertaining style. Silverlight 2.0, used to be called Silverlight 1.1 – but there’s so much new stuff it had to be rebranded! We’ll start the session with a dissection of the Silverlight project, highlight the differences between Silverlight 1.0 and 2.0, cover why Rich likes user controls, perk up the page with styles and then explore the different target application types that developers can take advantage of.
In a leap of faith Richard Costall will perform all of this without the aid of a PowerPoint safety net, as he puts all his trust in the Silverlight framework to help him deliver the session.

Prerequisites: This session assumes no prior experience using Silverlight. Attendees are expected to be familiar with Visual Studio and .NET development.