FlashBrighton: Silverlight for Flash Developers February 17, 2009

It powers rich application experiences and delivers high quality, interactive video across the Web and mobile devices through the most powerful runtime available on the Web.

But hey, enough about Flash; what about Silverlight?

Well, proving that the Devil has all the best copy too, whilst the above does sounds like the kind of slick marketing jargon you might hear eminanting from Adobe's San-Fran HQ, in fact it's taken verbatim from Microsoft's Silverlight site. And you thought Satan was just about DRM, spreadsheets and the 'blue screen of death'! That'll learn you for allowing those pearly-white Adobe evangelists to pour so much ambrosial poison in your ear.

We all need to indulge our dark side now and then. So, just for a change, next Tuesday please allow Ed Silverton of Unwrong to introduce himself, he's a man of wealth and taste. A renowned Silverlight expert, let Ed guide you through the dark side of 'rich application experiences' that is Silverlight. He'll take you from square 1 to the ninth circle in no time. Laptops, downloads and crucifixes are not required; the only thing you need to bring, is an open mind.

Next Tuesday, when the evening sun goes down, step into the dark with Silverlight, Ed and old Nick. You'll never know how much fun it is... until you try it.

Sign your name in blood here and prepare.

Going down!

Official Website: http://flashbrighton.org