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Silverlight Migration

Microsoft Silverlight was a powerful framework for the development and provision of so-called rich internet applications with high-quality media experiences. However, all browsers have now stopped supporting this plugin, and even in Microsoft Edge, the in-house technology no longer works. Potential security vulnerabilities are no longer being fixed, official support was discontinued in October 2021 and Microsoft itself recommended switching to HTML5 long before the end of Silverlight.

We convert your existing Silverlight application for you!

... the whole truth

Various software development companies offer support when switching to HTML5, and automated procedures are often advertised. The pure use of HTML5 is described as modern and future-proof. But this is only part of the technical truth.

It is not uncommon for Silverlight applications still in use today to remain in an "evolved state" at some point, as incremental development has only led to limited real improvement. The decision to develop a completely new solution and shut down the old one is often postponed but there is no alternative. Secretly, one hopes for the possibility of taking over "important shares" with know-how or functions that are critical for the business.

The purely automated transfer of such a Silverlight application to HTML5 enables its continued operation. However, further developments (such as the integration of new marketing concepts) remain severely limited. This is mainly due to the fact that the software concepts and philosophies from the heyday of Silverlight sometimes differed fundamentally from today's modern, high-performance and easily maintainable solutions.

The alternative solution for old Silverlight applications

DrySoc is the solution for companies that are looking for a Silverlight alternative and face the challenges mentioned above. We rewrite your Silverlight applications and make them browser-independent. We use the core elements of your Silverlight application and rework them in a qualified and future-proof manner based on current technologies.

Modern web applications are divided into a front end (visualization and interaction in the browser) and a back end (data processing on the server). At DrySoc, we rely on .NET 7 with the ASP.NET API framework in the backend, as this allows us to rework and reuse the old Silverlight code to a certain extent. In some cases, it is even possible to simply adopt it. Angular or .NET Razor is used for the front end. This achieves a very good technological separation and allows old Silverlight components to be migrated quickly.

This gives you every opportunity to integrate current and future ideas and wishes.

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