New Technology Reviews!.: SilverLight

About Silverlight Hosting

Developers can create dynamic websites and applications with interactive elements to engage visitors when using Microsoft's Silverlight. However, the website itself requires a Silverlight-compatible host to be accessible on <a href="">the Internet</A>. Silverlight hosting is Web hosting that supports Microsoft's Silverlight technology. This tool allows users to create interactive websites with features such as streaming video for example on the Netflix website where Silverlight is used to stream video content. Because Silverlight is a plug-in for Microsoft's .NET Framework, Silverlight hosting must be on a Web server that uses Windows as its operating system. This also offers the option to use other Windows technologies, such as Active Server Pages or Visual Basic to create a website. Aside from Silverlight support, these Web hosts offer features such as file transfer protocol support so that users can access and add new content to their websites more quickly and efficiently than using a browser. In addition to this, Silverlight hosts offer plans with varying disk space and bandwidths options so that customers who use Silverlight can choose the plan that best fits their needs and budgets. Silverlight hosts include ASP Host Central and CrystalTech, both offer shared hosting where the user's files are on a sever with other users' files. Silverlight developers who need more resources may consider dedicated server hosting from SoftLayer or MaximumASP.

About Silverlight Hosting

Developers can create dynamic websites and applications with interactive elements to engage visitors when using Microsoft's Silverlight....

How to Enable WCF in SilverLight

Open your Visual Studio 2010 program from the Start menu. Click on the "File" menu. Point to "New" and select "Project." Set the "Project Type" to "Silverlight." Choose "Silverlight Application" from the Visual Studio installed templates. Accept the default Name "SilverlightApplicaton1" and click "OK." 
Accept the default option "Host the Silverlight application in a new Web site" in the "New Silverlight Application" wizard that pops up. Leave the default "SilverlightApplication1.Web" selected for the "New Web Project" name. Keep the default "ASP.NET Web Application Project" as the New Web project type. Then click "OK." 
Right-click the "SilverlightApplication1.Web" and select "Add." Click on "New Item" and wait for the "Add New Item" window to open. Select Silverlight from the corresponding language group in the "Installed Templates" pane on the left. 
Select the "Silverlight-enabled WCF Service" template from the central pane. Set the service name to "CustomerService.svc" in the "Name" box near the bottom. Click the "Add" button to the right of the "Name" box. 
Implement the "CustomerService" contract by replacing the "DoWork" method in the "CustomerService" class with the operations you want the service to support. Modify the service contracts to match your needs. 
Test the service implementation by selecting the "CustomerService.svc" file in Solution Explorer. Right-click the "CustomerService.svc" file and select "View in Browser." Confirm you see a "CustomerService" test page to verify the service is available. Review your code to confirm there are no spelling errors if the test page fails.

How to Enable WCF in SilverLight

Open your Visual Studio 2010 program from the Start menu. Click on the "File" menu. Point to "New" and select "Proj...