bringing designers and developers together
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Bringing Designers and Developers Together. Building Rich Interactive Applications. Paul Laberge Partner Developer Advisor, Microsoft Canada [email protected] http://blogs.msdn.com/canux. Takeaways Designer / Developer Workflow is important! XAML is the key to the workflow - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Building Rich Interactive Applications
Bringing Designers and Developers Together
Paul LabergePartner Developer Advisor, Microsoft [email protected]://blogs.msdn.com/canux
TakeawaysDesigner / Developer Workflow is important!XAML is the key to the workflowExpression 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?”
Thick Client
Web
Experience First Applications
DesignerLook, behavior, brand,
and emotional connection
DeveloperFunction, deployment, data,
security, operational integrity
Unifying the Design / Development Process
Unifying the Design / Development Process
Unifying the Design / Development Process
So what does this mean to me?
More focus on usabilityUnderstanding Design, Understanding DevelopmentLooking at solutions a different wayFinding new tools exist to help you build Rich, Interactive Applications
Expression Studio is Ready!
Microsoft® Expression Blend™Microsoft® Expression® DesignMicrosoft® Expression® WebMicrosoft® Expression® Media
Microsoft® Expression® Media Encoder
Expression Blend
Create Rich Interactive ApplicationsRich Data Binding without the codeEfficient Designer/Developer Collaboration Build Silverlight Applications
Expression Design
Flexible, Vector-Based DrawingProfessional Graphics EffectsSeamless Workflow with Expression products and Visual StudioInnovative Design Environment
Expression Web
Standards-Based WebsitesCSS-Based LayoutCSS Formatting / Code ManagementXML & XSLTASP.NET 2.0Reporting and Deployment
Expression Media
Intuitive Asset ManagementSeamless Workflow IntegrationImage and Video EditingEncoding 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
Designer
The New Workflow Process – Assets
Developer
XAMLXAML
JavaScript.NET
Designer / Developer WorkflowExpression, Visual Studio and Silverlight
demos
ResourcesExpression Studio
Product Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/expression
Traininghttp://www.microsoft.com/expression/kc
SilverlightEntry Points
http://www.silverlight.nethttp://www.microsoft.com/silverlight
SDKhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/silverlight
Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/canux
Designhttp://www.microsoft.com/design
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