Silverlight and AJAX appear to be in a heated battle for the hearts of today’s web developers, but can they both live in a peaceful harmony?  We’re going to take a look at what these two technologies have to offer; the strengths and weaknesses of each, as well as how to combine AJAX and Silverlight in the same application.

Tony Lombardo is the lead Technical Evangelist in the Worldwide Evangelism Group at Infragistics, the world’s leading publisher of presentation layer tools. Tony has a deep technical background in ASP.NET and his community participation has earned him the ASP.NET MVP Award from Microsoft. Tony co-runs the Central Jersey .NET Users Group, and often writes for both online and printed publications.