RIA

RICH INTERNET APPLICTION
A cross between browser-based Web applications and traditional desktop applications
BENEFITS OF RIA

• Cost-effective way to deliver modern application with real business benefits
• Provide real time data and inventory management.
• Allow users to remotely monitor and manage data via a Web-based system.
• Reduce data complexity -- allow users to interactively visualize and manipulate complex data more effectively and easily.
• Provide immediate and dynamic visual feedback to the user.
• Allow for quicker task completion.
• Provide cross platform support.
  FEATURES OF RIA
• Run in a web browser, not requiring installation.
• Run locally in a secure environment called a sandbox.
• Users can use the application from any computer with an internet connection .
• Cross-platform availability
• Fast interface response time with no page refresh
• Common UI behaviors like drag & drop and the ability to work online and offline
• Common calculation that happens on the client (e.g., an insurance rate calculator)
  Instant update of the application
  RIA IN SILVERLIGHT
• Any .Net programming language is used (c#, Ruby,Python,VB)
• .Net based browser plug-in for rich features (animation,vector graphics and audio-video).
• Silverlight is a great boost to the performance, providing a high-performance execution environment inside of the browser.
• Silverlight enables applications that run within multiple browsers and operating systems (Windows and Macintosh) and built on web standards for pogrammability such as JavaScript, CSS and XML and the .NET CLR.
• The CLR is the core piece of .NET Framework.
• The CLR is a well-proven high-performance platform providing features like Garbage Collection, Just-In-Time compilation, Exception Management and a wide array of fully featured languages such as VB.NET and C# that are used
  Applications
• Financial Services
• Auto Dealerships
• Mortgage Firms
• Customer survey forms
• Email forms
• Video Distribution (branding/licensing)
• Remote training services
• Customer service (live two-way video, chat )
• Virtual Desktop Environments
• CRM/ERP front-end applications