Why we want Silverlight back
Rating: 10 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
Silverlight is used in several units in my company. It's one of the best tools when you need to quickly prepare a web application. There's no need to use JavaScript anymore for client side actions/visualizations. The reason why it's not more popular is that Microsoft decided to discontinue Silverlight and is only supporting it until 2020.
Pros
- Easy to implement
- No need for additional frameworks on client side
- Out of browser capabilities
Cons
- Cient side office support
- Additional controls
Likelihood to Recommend
We use it for almost all kinds of applications. It's not important if the app is small or big. It's good for DB connections, SOA architecture, office files transformations. The good thing is that it's client side, so we don't have to waste our server resources but can use the client's computer for business and visualization layer.
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Mateusz Michałek
Ekspert in Finance and Accounting at Orange Polska (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
6 years of experience