Silverlight
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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.
What other technologies are related to Silverlight?
Silverlight Competitor Technologies
Google Earth Plugin
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Provided similar rich internet application capabilities, specifically for geospatial data, before its deprecation.
Groovy on Grails
Offers alternative web application development framework using a different language and runtime environment.
Flex
Another rich internet application platform, offering similar functionalities to Silverlight, such as interactive UIs and multimedia support.
WPF
Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation is a competitor because it provides similar UI and graphics capabilities, but for desktop applications.
JSPs
Java Server Pages are a competing technology for building web applications, providing dynamic content generation.
Dojo
A JavaScript framework offering similar interactive UI components for building rich web applications.
GWT
Google Web Toolkit offers a Java-to-JavaScript compilation approach for building web applications, competing with Silverlight's development model.
ExtJS
A JavaScript framework that competes with Silverlight in building rich, interactive web applications.
Number of organizations that mention technology
529
Silverlight
26
Google Earth Plugin
57
Groovy on Grails
1,378
Flex
8,760
WPF
530
JSPs
945
Dojo
1,575
GWT
1,490
ExtJS
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Silverlight Complementary Technologies
WCF
Windows Communication Foundation can be used alongside Silverlight to provide backend services and data access.
ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a common backend technology used with Silverlight to handle server-side logic and data processing.
ADO.NET
ADO.NET is used for data access in .NET applications, including those that use Silverlight.
Number of organizations that mention technology
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Which job functions commonly mention Silverlight?
Sharepoint Developer
0.3% of all Sharepoint Developer jobs mention Silverlight
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Sharepoint Administrator
0.1% of all Sharepoint Administrator jobs mention Silverlight
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Software Architect
41 Software Architect jobs mention Silverlight
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Software Engineer
693 Software Engineer jobs mention Silverlight
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Engineer
725 Engineer jobs mention Silverlight
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Which organizations are mentioning Silverlight?
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