It's a great day in the Test Center, with a review on a top web app development system, and looks at sustainable reading and hacker tools. Coding by Silverlight: The race is on for web-application development framework, with Ajax, Flash, Curl, Ruby, and others all muscling and edging one another for attention. Microsoft has thrown Silverlight into the mix, and Martin Heller finds a lot to like in the upstart dev It’s a great day in the Test Center, with a review on a top web app development system, and looks at sustainable reading and hacker tools.Coding by Silverlight: The race is on for web-application development framework, with Ajax, Flash, Curl, Ruby, and others all muscling and edging one another for attention. Microsoft has thrown Silverlight into the mix, and Martin Heller finds a lot to like in the upstart development language. Between a well thought-out development environment and a clear division between tasks for designers and programmers, Martin thinks that Silverlight can offer a lot to new web app developers, especially if they’ve already committed to Microsoft Visual Studio.Sustainable Reading: Some folks cast a skeptical glance at any capitalist involvement with “Green” issues, but Ted Samson looks at a business publication and finds encouragement in corporations that take a serious look at sustainable operations. When top management sees sustainability in terms of dollars and cents, that’s when change can truly start in the enterprise. Learning the Hacker Way: There’s no reason that hackers should have all the cool tools, and Roger Grimes points out two of the best in his latest column. The Security Adviser thinks you should know how hackers think and how they work — and these tools will give you a leg up on each of those goals. Technology Industry