Silverlight is a powerful platform to develop rich, web-based internet applications. Initially seen as a competitor to Adobe flash it has evolved as a powerful tool for developers to leverage .NET framework to create real time dynamic applications by integrating with other .NET technologies. Silverlight applications are built using XAML (a declarative markup language; stands for Extensible Application Markup Language) with code-behind files in a .NET language like C# or VB. Just like Adobe Flash browser plug-in, users are required to install a Silverlight browser plug-in before the application can be previewed. Users are given a link to install browser plug-in if it is not already installed when connecting to a Silverlight application.
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Visual Studio 2010 comes packaged with Silverlight specific templates. You will also have to install Silverlight runtime for developers before you can create a Silverlight application in VS 2010.
Link to download Silverlight Developer Runtime
Visual Studio 2010 comes with Silverlight 3. Install "Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio" which will add Silverlight 4 tools and components to VS 2010. If you do not install "Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio" you will get only one option for Silverlight version when creating a Silverlight application. After installing "Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio" you would have a choice to select either Silverlight 3 or Silverlight 4 as Silverlight application version. You also get additional templates and more importantly themes with Silverlight 4 version.
Alternatively you can use Visual Studio 2008 SP1 where you can add Silverlight tools/templates as add-ons. We will discuss additional tools as and when they are required.
Alternatively you can use Visual Studio 2008 SP1 where you can add Silverlight tools/templates as add-ons. We will discuss additional tools as and when they are required.
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