Room 1 (Design): Epic SharePoint Battle: HTML 5 vs. Silverlight 5
HTML 5 is the new hot user interface and multimedia development tool, whereas Silverlight was the new tool two years ago for user interface and multimedia modifications. In this session we will discuss what you get using HTML 5 versus Silverlight 5 when developing custom extensions for SharePoint 2010. We will go over the advantages and disadvantages of each tool using the client object model and webservices. In the end attendees will have a better understanding of each tool when developing custom SharePoint user interface and multimedia controls.