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Prism vs out-of-browser silverlight

I recently started reading up on the out-of-browser ability of Silverlight 3. I also noticed that quite a few people here speak of Prism. I only had a brief time to read up on the topics.

However, from what I read, both of them perform the same role. What are the differences between the two, and if they are the same, why do people use Prism over the out-of-browser option?

Thanks

Solution

  • They are very different technologies.

    Prism is a composite application framework (+ guidance). It allows you to build your application in a modular fashion.

    Silverlight 3's out-of-browser support allows you to run your Silverlight application on the desktop (with a start menu shortcut).

    You could absolutely build an out-of-browser SL3 application using Prism.