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Silverlight 2 is Released!

Install the final release of Silverlight 2. Click here to get started building Silverlight applications, watch the videos, download the tutorials. Install the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio, the Silverlight 2 SDK, and Expression Blend 2 SP1 to build great Web experiences with Silverlight 2.

Microsoft Expression Blend 2 SP1 Released!

Expression Blend 2 SP1 provides rich authoring support for Silverlight 2, allowing you to harness the power of XAML, .NET and Silverlight to deliver compelling user experiences for both connected desktops and the web.

Silverlight Showcase

Visit the Silverlight Showcase to see how over 200 websites around the world are using Silverlight to deliver next-generation Web experiences.

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Tim Heuer is a former Microsoft developer evangelist and current Program Manager for Silverlight.


Silverlight install experience best practices
First a word on the “continuum” I keep hearing about for applications.  I’d like to apply it to my digital lifestyle.  You know that vision where you only have one place to keep your music, but can ac... more
New Silverlight Showcases and Feeds
If you want some great Silverlight information, be sure to subscribe to at least two feeds: Microsoft Silverlight Bloggers and Silverlight community feeds.  I’ve recently just added a bunch of great f... more

Scott Guthrie RSS

Scott Guthrie is the Microsoft vice president responsible for the CLR, ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF, and IIS.


Dec 2nd Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio, Silverlight/WPF
I'm flying out later today on a pretty intense business trip (22,000 miles, 5 countries, 3 continents, 1 week, no sleep... :-), so my blog activity over the next week and a half will be pretty ligh... more
New ASP.NET Charting Control:
Microsoft recently released a cool new ASP.NET server control - <asp:chart /> - that can be used for free with ASP.NET 3.5 to enable rich browser-based charting scenarios: Download th... more

Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek RSS

Jesse's business cards really do say Silverlight Geek, and his credo is "More Signal Less Noise".

Simple Expander – Silverlight Toolkit
[Updated 16:00 GMT-5 to include working version and link to code:  Expander.zip ]   The new Silverlight Toolkit includes a Expander control that, in its simplest form, is incredibly... more
SandDock for Silverlight – Commercial floating windows
Every once in a while you see something so promising you just have to pass it along.  The folks at divElements are developing SandDock for Silverlight; a floating windows management toolkit that... more

Adam Kinney's Blog RSS

Adam loves talking about UI platforms like Silverlight, WPF and Microsoft Surface from a developer and designer perspective.


DeepEarth - Maps served using Deep Zoom in Silverlight
DeepEarth is a prototype of an interactive map using the Deep Zoom functionality of Silverlight.  The project is developed by the community and the code is available on CodePlex. Yo... more
Manifest Digital wins PhizzPop Chicago with Five Star City
For PhizzPop Chicago, Manifest Digital was tasked with creating a digital strategy for Chicago's bid to become the host city for the 2016 Olympics.  Their winning entry was Five Star City, a... more

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RiaCRM
RiaCRM is an Silverlight Frontend for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 to co... more
Monday, Dec 1 by CodePlex
My green space
Azure Web Application.Urban green spaces Search engine. Events managem... more
Friday, Nov 28 by CodePlex
PicasaLight
PicasaLight is a Silverlight 2 project that gets and displays albums a... more
Friday, Nov 28 by CodePlex
Counter Strike Live http://cslive.tk
web Browser based online 2d Shooter, clone of Counter Strike. It suppo... more
Thursday, Nov 27 by CodePlex

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The perfect forum for asking the basic questions. No question too simple!

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Discussions around using Visual Studio and other development tools to create Silverlight applications.

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Discussions around design implementations, XAML for Silverlight and design ideas.

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General discussions of Expression Studio usage for Silverlight.

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Discussion forums for all of the Expression products, from the Expression Community Site.

Silverlight Blogroll RSS

Clojure. Wow.
Someone finally did it.  They created a LISP that I want to use.&... more
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I'm flying out later today on a pretty intense business trip (22,000 m... more
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The first project that I did when I started experimenting with Silverl... more
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