New Features of Silverlight 5

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Author: User
ArticleDirectory
    • Binding and related
    • Graphics
    • Media
    • Text
    • Operating System Integration
    • Productinetworking and Performance
    • Controls
    • Other
    • Why weren't these all in the initial list?
    • Learn more

Several of you have asked for a more complete list of the features that are new or improved in Silverlight 5, especially those new to the RC. here is my mostly complete list of major features. I haven't added the tons of fixes and improvements, but maintained a focus on major features. (I say "mostly complete" so I have an out when I later realize I forgot something .)

Binding and related
    • Icustomtypeprovider (see Alexander Rusina's post)
    • Custom Markup extensions
    • Ancestor relativesource binding
    • Implicit data templates
    • Binding in style setters
    • Datacontextchanged event (new since beta)
    • Propertychanged now an updatesourcetrigger option (new since beta)
Graphics
    • XNa 3D API
    • Improved graphics Stack
    • 3D render targets (new since beta)
    • XNa 3D built-in effects (new since beta)
    • 3D surface composition settings (new since beta)
    • 3D Multi-sample anti-aliasing (new since beta)
Media
    • Low-latency sound using xNa soundeffect and soundeffectinstance
    • Hardware Decoding of H.264 Media
    • Variable Speed playback and trick-Play (new since beta)
    • Remote Control and media command (KEYS) Support (new since beta)
Text
    • Text tracking and leading
    • Linked and multi-column text
    • OpenType support (new since beta)
    • Pixel snapped text and textoptions (new since beta)
Operating System Integration
    • P/invoke (new since beta) (also: My printer Enum example)
    • Multiple windows
    • Unrestricted File System Access in full trust
    • Full trust in-Browser
    • Default filename in savefiledialog and openfiledialog (new since beta)
    • 64 bit browser support for Windows (new since beta)
    • Power awareness for media apps (keep the PC alive while a movie is playing, for example) (new since beta)
Productinetworking and Performance
    • Network latency improvements
    • Databinding debugging
    • Parser performance improvements
    • Multi-core JIT for improved start-up time
Controls
    • Double and N-click support
    • Pivotviewer (new since beta)
    • ComboBox type-ahead/incremental search
Other
    • In-browser html
    • Postscript vector printing (new since beta)
    • Tasks from TPL (new since beta)
    • C # covariance and contravariance
Why weren't these all in the initial list?

My initial list only had a few key features listed. some, such as tasks and covariance/contravariance made it into Silverlight without me realizing it. for the most part, I got the feature list by checking with the product team and by trolling our specs repository.

So how does stuff make it in without it being on a master Silverlight list? That's easy. deleteams at Microsoft contribute to Silverlight either directly, or through other things such as the core CLR, framework, and C # language. since Silverlight shares much of that Code, cool and exciting features make it in without showing up in a Silverlight feature list. a great example of this is tasks from TPL. the right people did know those features made it in (people actually writing code, the testers etc .), I just hadn't noticed it. it's not a conspiracy to keep the TPL folks down, trust me

Learn more

Attributes of these features are supported ented on http://silverlight.net/learnvia an increasing number of tutorials.

In addition to that, if you're looking for a one-stop shop for learning Silverlight 5, consider my book Silverlight 5 in action, to be released in print near the end of this year. it's currently in meap, with purchasers able to download chapters as I make them available.

 

 

Http://10rem.net/blog/2011/09/04/the-big-list-of-whats-new-or-improved-in-silverlight-5

 

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