Silverlight Important Interview Questions with Answers in dotnet for 1 Year Experience

What is Silverlight?

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NET–based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

Is Silverlight the official name for "WPF/E"?

Yes. Silverlight was formerly code-named "WPF/E."

What is Silverlight Tool Kit?

Silverlight Tool kit is nothing but is a collection of Silverlight Tools, Components etc. It includes source code describing the all you need to develop an application. 

Editors Supported in Silverlight ? 

1.Visual Studio

2.Visual Web Developer

3.Expression Blend 

What are the Features of Silverlight ?

Features Of SilverLight Click here

Does silverlight web application work with all browsers ?

Yes, A web application developed by silverlight technology can work with any browser

What is XAML in Silverlight ?

 Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML, pronounced zammel) is a declarative XML-based language created by Microsoft which is used to initialize structured values and objects.

Is Silverlight free of Charge?

Yes, Microsoft has made the Silverlight browser plug-in freely available for all supported platforms and browsers.

Difference between WPF and Silverlight  ?

 WPF(Windows Presentation Foundation) use for the Desktop Application and SilverLight is use for

Web Applications (Rich Internet Applcaions).

In terms of features and functionality, Silver light is a sub set of Windows Presentation Foundation.

Silver light is for developing rich internet applications. While WPF is used for developing enhanced graphics applications for desktop platform.

WPF uses XAML for hosting the user interface for web applications. 

What kind of Audio and Video formats are supported in  Silverlight ?

Silverlight Supports

WMA,

WMV7-9,

VC-1, and

MP3 Audio .

Can I consume WCF and ASP.NET Web Services in Silverlight? 

Yes

What are the main components of Silverlight application?

Following are the main component of Silverlight application.
a)Input – It handles input from devices like keyboard, mouse etc.
b)UI core –It manages rendering of bitmap images, vector graphics, text and animations.
c)Media – It handles the playback of MP3, WMA Standard, WMV7, WMV8 streams.
d)XAML – This manages UI layout to be created by XAML markup language

Layout Manager controls in Silverlight ?

                  1.Canvas
                  2.StackPanel
                  3.Grid
                  4.Border
                  5.You can always create your own

 How to set Silverlight contents width as 100%?

Generally you can't set the UserControl width in % like 100% so that the Silverlight contents can spread in the full screen. 
To get the 100% width of the screen you can set width="auto" and height="auto".

Editors supported for silver light ?

Editors supported for silver light :

1.visual studio
2.visual web developer
3.Expression blend

Features of Silverlight ?

Features of Silverlight:

1.It is a cross browser,cross platform technology.
2.Supported by all web browsers like IE,firefox,Apple safari,google chrome,opera.
3.It is Supported small download that installs in seconds.
4.It streams video and audio and scales video quality to everything from mobile videos to desktop browsers    to HDTV video modes.
5.It includes very efficient graphics mechnism that users can manipulate drag,turn and zoom directly  with in the browser.
6.It provides efficient databinding mechanisms.
7.It provides efficient graphic facilities,rendering facilities,transform facilities etc.

Defination of Silverlight ?

Silverlight:


 A Silverlight is simply a browser plug in software with light weight components.

   According to microsoft silverlight team silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating,engaging for interactive user experiense for web,desktop and mobile application when outline or offline.
Complete backbone for silverlight is XAML.

Layout Manager Controls in SilverLight :

Layout Manager Controls in SilverLight :

                  1.Canvas
                  2.StackPanel
                  3.Grid
                  4.Border
                  5.You can always create your own

What is Silverlight ?

Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating rich media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices.

Silverlight enables development of the next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight is delivered as a cross-platform and cross-browser plug-in that exposes a programming framework and features that are a subset of the .NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).