I am fairly new with silverlight and I really find it cool. I have a question about how it runs the code client-side tho..
Say for example, I have a site that calculates a certain amount based on user inputted amounts. This of course I would love to do client-side. The catch though, is that the formula used for the calculation is proprietary and a trade secret. If I put this formula client-side using SL, will it be safe? Or can it be reflected?
I must COMPLETELY agree with Marcus. Even obstruficated .NET assembly is still easy to read for a good programmer.
My solution would be WCF service for the calculation. Just push all the data there and give an answer. If your formula is top secret and not obvious (like ax+by+c*z) then even is somebody would get access to service, then it would be hard for him to get it.
Another cool tool is CodeFort. It has free edition. See it in action at http://www.codefort.org
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