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If you are looking for a development partner to address your need for Silverlight and WPF development services then read on!!! Silverlight & Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) products from the Microsoft stable are based on XAML & the .NET Framework and enable developers to create Rich Internet applications for a rich user experience. While at the outset they may appear to look like two peas in a pod there are quite a few noteworthy differences between these two platforms. These differences have to be understood clearly by an organization that wants to migrate an application from WPF to Silverlight or vice-versa or when the organization is considering building an application that targets both Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight. A bit about WPF first. It provides developers the requisite tool which is a unified programming model to build rich Windows Forms applications that help integrate user interface (UI), media, & documents. Another advantage of using the WPF is that it enables software developers to deliver an enhanced level of user experience (UX). This is achieved by providing the developer with a declarative-based language (XAML) for specifying vector-based graphics which makes the whole process scalable & thus help take maximum advantage of hardware acceleration. Silverlight on the other hand is a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework. This is used mainly for delivering next-generation rich interactive information consisting of both media & content over the Web as well as for developing browser-hosted Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that can integrate data & services from a host of various sources available over the internet. It helps developers build rich applications that contribute greatly to enhance the typical end user experience, compared with traditional Web applications like flash, flex etc. In a manner similar to the Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight provides an XAML-based language to specify the various user interfaces. While Silverlight & WPF share many of the common features and capabilities, it is important to note here that they are built on top of different run-time stacks. To elaborate it further one can gather that while WPF leverages on the full .NET Framework & executes on the common language runtime (CLR), Silverlight application development is based on a subset of XAML & the full .NET Framework which is specific to Silverlight, and it executes on a browser-hosted version of the CLR. The reason for the absence of some of the WPF & .NET framework features can be attributed to the need to keep it small and lightweight. Again this brings about noticeable differences that have to be taken care of when moving an application between Silverlight & WPF or when building an application that targets both the technologies. Hire the expert WPF development consultants from India based offshore development company Mindfire Solutions who will ensure seamless integration of both these profound technologies to create Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that are tailor made to address your business needs. With more than 20 experienced development professionals who have an average of 3+ years of exclusive Silverlight development experience along with a host of related Microsoft based technologies. Your Silverlight consultants at Mindfire Solutions will help you realize the business application that you want to implement for your company. To know more about our expertise in silverlight development services and to hire silverlight developers India, please contact us at sales [at] mindfiresolutions [dot] com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.
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