I presented “What’s New in Silverlight 5” at the Sydney Silverlight Designer and Developers Network meeting (which I run), focusing on the new business application related features in Silverlight 5 (Jose Fajardo covered the new 3D features). You can download the source code for the application I wrote demonstrating the new features here (also includes my PowerPoint slides):
The sample currently demonstrates the following new features in Silverlight 5:
New XAML Features
– Custom markup extensions
– Implicit data templates
– Binding in style setters
New Debugging Features
– Setting a breakpoint in XAML to debug a binding
New Control Features
– RichTextBox overflow
– ClickCount
– ListBox/ComboBox type ahead searching
New Elevated Trust Features
– Elevated Trust inside the browser
– Create/display new OS windows
– WebBrowser and toast notifications whilst inside the browser
– Unrestricted access to the file system (without user involvement)
– Default file name in SaveFileDialog
Chris Anderson 