It comes with a tool to port existing Silverlight and WPF applications to the web by 'compiling C# and XAML files to HTML and JavaScript'.
One component, CSHTML5 allows developers to make web apps using C# and XAML. Since it is no longer provided as a plugin, it is compatible with (most) modern web browsers and should run fine in those. It brings back the power of C#, XAML, and. It uses Mono for WebAssembly and Microsoft Blazor. OpenSilver is a modern, plugin-free, open-source reimplementation of Silverlight, that runs on current browsers via WebAssembly. The French organization Userware released a preview of OpenSilver today, an open source implementation of Silverlight that is based on web standards and modern web technologies such as WebAssembly. Silverlight developers and projects may have a way out however. Tip: Flash gamers may check out the Flash Games preservation project to continue playing games made in Flash.
While it is possible to run some older versions of browsers and the last plugin released, it is not recommended due to security concerns. Adobe will end Flash development in 2020 and Microsoft revealed that it won't support Silverlight from October 2021 anymore.ĭevelopers and projects that use these technologies won't be able to do so anymore when support ends for these products.
