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Bringing Designers and Developers Together. Building Rich Interactive Applications. Paul Laberge Partner Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada plaberge@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/canux. Takeaways Designer / Developer Workflow is important! XAML is the key to the workflow
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Bringing Designers and Developers Together Building Rich Interactive Applications Paul Laberge Partner Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada plaberge@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/canux
Takeaways • Designer / Developer Workflow is important! • XAML is the key to the workflow • Expression Studio,Visual Studio and Silverlight
Change in Focus Prior focus of web-enabled applications was functionality “What do users need to do with the application?” Now the focus is on the user “How can the application cater to the user?”
Experience First Applications Thick Client Web
Unifying the Design / Development Process Designer Look, behavior, brand,and emotional connection Developer Function, deployment, data, security, operational integrity
So what does this mean to me? • More focus on usability • Understanding Design, Understanding Development • Looking at solutions a different way • Finding new tools exist to help you build Rich, Interactive Applications
Expression Studio is Ready! • Microsoft® Expression Blend™ • Microsoft® Expression® Design • Microsoft® Expression® Web • Microsoft® Expression® Media • Microsoft® Expression® Media Encoder
Expression Blend • Create Rich Interactive Applications • Rich Data Binding without the code • Efficient Designer/Developer Collaboration • Build Silverlight Applications
Expression Design • Flexible, Vector-Based Drawing • Professional Graphics Effects • Seamless Workflow with Expression products and Visual Studio • Innovative Design Environment
Expression Web • Standards-Based Websites • CSS-Based Layout • CSS Formatting / Code Management • XML & XSLT • ASP.NET 2.0 • Reporting and Deployment
Expression Media • Intuitive Asset Management • Seamless Workflow Integration • Image and Video Editing • Encoding capabilities for Silverlight
Silverlight is here! • cross-browsercross-platform • implementation of .NET • for building and delivering the next generation of • media experiences • & • rich interactive applications • for the Web
The New Workflow Process – Assets Designer Developer XAML JavaScript .NET XAML
demos Designer / Developer Workflow Expression, Visual Studio and Silverlight
Resources • Expression Studio • ProductPage • http://www.microsoft.com/expression • Training • http://www.microsoft.com/expression/kc • Silverlight • Entry Points • http://www.silverlight.net • http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight • SDK • http://msdn.microsoft.com/silverlight • Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/canux • Design • http://www.microsoft.com/design
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