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Getting Started

• Project Silk: Client-Side Web Development for Modern Browsers
• Project Silk Read me

Download

Project Silk can be be downloaded from MSDN here

Overview

Project Silk provides guidance for building cross-browser web applications with a focus on client-side interactivity. These applications take advantage of the latest web standards, including HTML5, CSS3 and ECMAScript 5, along with modern web technologies such as jQuery, Windows Internet Explorer 9, and ASP.NET MVC3.

To illustrate this guidance, the project includes the Mileage Stats Reference Implementation (Mileage Stats) that enables its users to track various metrics about their vehicles and fill ups. Much of the effort in building Mileage Stats was applied to the usability and interactivity of the experience. Animations were included to enhance the enjoyment of the site and Ajax is used to keep the interface responsive and immersive. A great deal of care was also taken to ensure that the client-side JavaScript facilitates modularity and maintainability. To accomplish these design goals, the JavaScript code was structured into widgets that benefit from the jQuery UI Widget Factory.

This guidance is intended for existing web developers who are interested in taking advantage of the latest web standards and technologies.

Prerequisites

Mileage Stats was designed to run on the Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 operating system. It has been smoke tested on Windows Vista and Windows XP. Before you can use Mileage Stats, the following must be installed:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate edition
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1
• ASP.NET MVC 3
• Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0
• ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1 - Update 1
  • To install the Entity Framework, download it from the Microsoft Download Center rather than using NuGet.
  • For information about the Entity Framework 4.1 release, see EF 4.1 Released
  • For information about the Entity Framework 4.1 - Update 1 release, see EF 4.1 Update 1 Released
• NuGet version 1.4 or later
• Internet Explorer 9 or another modern web browser. Firefox 3.x is not supported. Use Firefox 4.0.1 or higher.
• Optional: Web Standards Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1

Mileage Stats requires several external libraries which cannot be included in the download. These fall into two categories: NuGet packages and JavaScript libraries, which are explained in the Project Silk Read me.