Silverlight + Entity Framework + Astoria + AJAX == Excellent
Silverlight + Entity Framework + Astoria + AJAX == Excellent
Check out this site done by Shawn Wildermuth. Perfect example of using Silverlight with line of business applications. These are the types of things that we'll be on the look out for once Silverlight 2.0 comes out as well as project Astoria, now known as ADO.NET Data Services.
Silverlight is doing quite well in terms of media delivery. It'll be great to see what people will come up with once Silverlight 2.0 comes out in the realm of line of business applications.
Some resources:
http://astoria.mslivelabs.com/
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb931106.aspx
http://silverlight.net/themes/silverlight/community/gallerydetail.aspx?cat=4