{"id":173,"date":"2012-08-24T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T15:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/?p=173"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T18:44:15","slug":"wpf-vs-silverlight-similarities-and-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wpf-vs-silverlight-similarities-and-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"WPF vs Silverlight &#8211; Similarities and Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many peple have this question. What are Differences between <strong>WPF<\/strong> (Windows Presentation Foundation) and <strong>SilverLight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a real good White Papaer on CodePlex (See Link Below)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpfslguidance.codeplex.com\/releases\/view\/30311\">http:\/\/wpfslguidance.codeplex.com\/releases\/view\/30311<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But to summerize whole story I am writing this post&#8230; Hope you find it useful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#What_is_WPF_Windows_Presentation_Foundation\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> What is WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Facts_about_WPF\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.1<\/span> Facts about WPF<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#What_is_SilverLight\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> What is SilverLight<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Facts_about_SilverLight\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">2.1<\/span> Facts about SilverLight<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Differences_WPF_vs_SilverLight\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Differences\u00a0: WPF vs SilverLight<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Similarities_WPF_vs_SilverLight\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> Similarities\u00a0: WPF vs SilverLight<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_WPF_Windows_Presentation_Foundation\">What is WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>WPF<\/strong> is new graphics Sub System introduced in .net Framework 3.0. This is different than <strong>GDI<\/strong> (Introduced ages ago) or <strong>GDI+ <\/strong>(Introduced in WinXP). <strong>WPF<\/strong> is new way to render controls, fonts, 2D and 3G graphics.<\/p>\n<p>Learn More about <strong>WPF<\/strong> Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa480192.aspx\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/aa480192.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Facts_about_WPF\">Facts about WPF<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> WPF<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0used for Desktop or Web Applications<\/li>\n<li><strong>WPF<\/strong> renders using DirectX technology so visual appearance is much richer<\/li>\n<li><strong>WPF<\/strong> was introduced in <strong>.net Framework<\/strong> 3.0<\/li>\n<li><strong>WPF<\/strong> uses <strong>XAML<\/strong> for presentation and Code behind can be C# or VB.net<\/li>\n<li><strong>WPF<\/strong> application can have full access to your system, registry, media, disk etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_SilverLight\">What is SilverLight<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SilverLight is a Rich and Compact Framework to develop <strong>Web<\/strong>\/<strong>Windows Phone<\/strong> applications.\u00a0\u00a0Since SilverLight is mainly trageted for Web and Phone so its Compact and restrictive. SilverLight can be Installed as Plugin on Windows or Mac system. There is a Opensource Plugin for Linux too called <a title=\"Moonlight Mono - SilverLight for Linux\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mono-project.com\/Moonlight\" target=\"_blank\">MoonLight Mono (See here)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Facts_about_SilverLight\">Facts about SilverLight<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SilverLight<\/strong>\u00a0can be used for <strong>Web<\/strong> Applications or <strong>Windows Phone<\/strong> Applications<\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong><strong>SilverLight<\/strong> is based CompactCLR designed for fast and compact applications manly targed for Web or Windows Phone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SilverLight<\/strong> uses <strong>XAML<\/strong> for presentation and Code behind can be C# or VB.net<\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong><strong>SilverLight<\/strong> has many similarities in term of Controls and Rendering Engine but SilverLight runs under SandBox means giving very limited access to your system, registry, media, disk etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SilverLight<\/strong> can be installed as Browser Plugin (Just Like <strong>Flash<\/strong>) and\u00a0entire sub system is Few MB download.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SilverLight<\/strong> application can be run on <strong>Mac<\/strong> and Windows System. There is open source version too which can provide Linux support but its not supported by Microsoft so you are your own.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows Phone<\/strong> (WP7 or WP8) applications are written in <strong>SilverLight or XNA framework.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Differences_WPF_vs_SilverLight\">Differences\u00a0: WPF vs SilverLight<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Coming Soon!!!<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Similarities_WPF_vs_SilverLight\">Similarities\u00a0: WPF vs SilverLight<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Coming Soon!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many peple have this question. What are Differences between WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and SilverLight There is a real good White Papaer on CodePlex (See Link Below) http:\/\/wpfslguidance.codeplex.com\/releases\/view\/30311 But to summerize whole story I am writing this post&#8230; Hope you &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wpf-vs-silverlight-similarities-and-differences\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WPF vs Silverlight &#8211; Similarities and Differences<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,28,56],"tags":[38,159],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>WPF vs Silverlight - Similarities and Differences - BinaryWorld Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/wpf-vs-silverlight-similarities-and-differences\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WPF vs Silverlight - Similarities and Differences - BinaryWorld Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many peple have this question. 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