I was going to take one small code example and try to put it in a browser with Silverlight this evening. I added some code, then I added a reference to System.ComponentModel. There was considerably less there. I then began comparing Silverlight’s assemblies with what you get in a normal .net app. Needless to say - there is no where near the same level of stuff. They have done well - it feels like developing a normal .net app with C#, or with Ruby which is great. BUT there is a TON missing compared to a normal .net 3.5 app.

Let us look for example @ just the System stuff:

Here is where Silverlight’s System assembly is:

Here is what is in there:

Here is what is in the .net 3.5 Framework’s system:

So -while it is a great effort to get this stuff running cross platform and in a browser - there is simply a lot of stuff missing that you would be accustomed to when just coding up in the .net 3.5 framework.

-Chris

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