I was asked during an interview today how well I could translate my WPF skills to Silverlight.  Naturally, I answered that I would be able to do so very quickly.  I consider that confidence, rather than bravado.  I’ve been writing software for over 20 years and to me, a language or technology is simply a means to an end, which end is the final product.  I’ve been fortunate enough to have been blessed with a talent for software development which has enabled me to work in a very diverse range of environments and platforms.

I’m fond of sayings and one popular saying is “put your money where your mouth is”.  Anyone can say or claim anything, especially in a job interview.  I don’t like being lumped in with the crowd and it’s to my detriment that I haven’t been able to point to a completed applet or application as even a small example that I’ve done it.

So, I’m going to take a very short diversion.  I’m going to put something together in Silverlight 3, just so I can have something as even a small example.  The problem was deciding what to write.  Fortunately, there is a wealth of things on the Internet that I think can be improved.  One of these is the restrictive way that Amazon Associate widgets are created.  It’s bad enough that they’re in Flash, but they have limitations that I simply don’t care for.

So I ask that you bear with me as I briefly step into Silverlight land (briefly, as far as this blog goes, that is) and prove my own concept.

I’ll be sure to post here what I’ve done.

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