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Silverlight

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is Silverlight?

Silverlight was a web application framework developed by Microsoft, designed to provide rich internet applications similar to Adobe Flash. It enabled interactive media experiences for web and desktop applications, supporting features like vector graphics, animation, audio, and video playback. While once widely used for online video streaming and interactive applications, Silverlight is now deprecated and no longer supported by Microsoft.

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What other technologies are related to Silverlight?

Silverlight Competitor Technologies

Google Earth Plugin

Provided similar rich internet application capabilities, specifically for geospatial data, before its deprecation.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 100% (71) of relevant job posts

Groovy on Grails

Offers alternative web application development framework using a different language and runtime environment.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 42% (55) of relevant job posts

Another rich internet application platform, offering similar functionalities to Silverlight, such as interactive UIs and multimedia support.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 3% (122) of relevant job posts

Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation is a competitor because it provides similar UI and graphics capabilities, but for desktop applications.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 1% (329) of relevant job posts

Java Server Pages are a competing technology for building web applications, providing dynamic content generation.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 5% (55) of relevant job posts

A JavaScript framework offering similar interactive UI components for building rich web applications.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 2% (71) of relevant job posts

Google Web Toolkit offers a Java-to-JavaScript compilation approach for building web applications, competing with Silverlight's development model.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 1% (55) of relevant job posts

A JavaScript framework that competes with Silverlight in building rich, interactive web applications.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 1% (56) of relevant job posts

Silverlight Complementary Technologies

Windows Communication Foundation can be used alongside Silverlight to provide backend services and data access.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 1% (247) of relevant job posts

ASP.NET is a common backend technology used with Silverlight to handle server-side logic and data processing.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 0% (359) of relevant job posts

ADO.NET is used for data access in .NET applications, including those that use Silverlight.

mentioned alongside Silverlight in 1% (78) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention Silverlight?

Job function

Jobs mentioning Silverlight

Orgs mentioning Silverlight

Engineer

0% (725) job posts

6 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (693) job posts

232 organizations

Software Architect

0% (41) job posts

16 organizations

Sharepoint Developer

0% (36) job posts

20 organizations

Sharepoint Administrator

0% (12) job posts

8 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning Silverlight?

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Industry

Matching Teams

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Professional Services

Professional Services

Public Administration

Scientific and Technical Services

Schneider Electric

Utilities

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