NetAdvantage Silverlight Roadmap - it's here!
Believe it or not, I'm more excited than anyone since I no longer have to speak in riddles revolving around what we're doing for Silverlight. The NetAdvantage Silverlight Roadmap is officially public! Here's a quick summary.
The Line of Business controls will be included in NetAdvantage for WebClient and NetAdvantage for .NET.
There will be two sets of Silverlight controls available.
The Tools
Silverlight LOB controls will include:
- xamWebGrid
- xamWebTree
- xamWebChart
- xamWebOutlookBar
- xamDialogWindow
- xamDocumentExporter
- xamSpellChecker
- xamGroupBox
- xamEditors
- and Sharepoint WebParts
BTW, xam is pronounced "zam" which is a takeaway on xaml (the declarative language used in WPF and Silverlight).
Aside from the individual control listing, the basis of the roadmap is to allow you to build Line of Business supporting applications like you're building today, on the latest Microsoft technologies like Silverlight and WPF.
Timeline
| Milestone | Date |
| Roadmap Announced | October 2008 |
| First Community Tech Preview (CTP) | End of 2008 |
| Second Community Tech Preview (CTP) | March 2009 |
| 2009 Vol. 1 Release | Q2 2009 |
There are still a couple of cards that haven't been turned over yet, so look for more announcements around PDC (actually we'll be making them AT PDC). Speaking of which, if you're going to PDC this year you have to stop by the Infragistics booth. I can't give too much away, but I think it will certainly be worth the visit - and I'm a bit bummed that I can't make it this year..