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The purpose of this site is to keep track of Silverlight resources and solutions.

Silverlight 2 was released to web (RTW) on Oct. 13, 2008. It is a major milestone for a new generation of rich internet application (RIA).

==Silverlight 3 Is Out==
[http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/07/10/silverlight-3-released.aspx|Silverlight 3 is released!].

If you are end user, go to [http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx] to upgrade. The page will check if you have the latest version.

If you are developer with Silverlight 2 tool installed, you cannot install consumer runtime. You have to download and install the Silverlight 3 tool to upgrade to the latest developer runtime. Go to [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9442b0f2-7465-417a-88f3-5e7b5409e9dd&displaylang=en] to get Silverlight 3 tool for Visual Studio 2008 sp1. The setup will upgrade you to Silverlight 2.

You cannot develop Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 applications side-by-side with VS 2008 (while VS 2010 can). The closest way to switch between Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 development environment is to download the batch file to install/unintall Silverlight 2/3 from [http://blogs.msdn.com/amyd/archive/2009/03/18/switching-from-silverlight-3-tools-to-silverlight-2-tools.aspx].

As usual, you can download other things from [http://silverlight.net/getstarted/]. Here are some additional downloads for Silverlight 3:
* [http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/07/silverlight-3-unit-test-framework-binaries-available/|Silverlight 3 unit test framework binaries]
* [http://silverlight.codeplex.com/|Silverlight toolkit] There is a release for Silverlight 3.
* [http://www.nikhilk.net/SilverlightFX-Silverlight3.aspx|Silverlight.FX Updated for Silverlight 3]

Is Silverlight 3 ready for business? Read [http://reddevnews.com/blogs/rdn-express/2009/07/is-silverlight-3-ready-for-business.aspx|this article] and its comments.

Here are some blogs about Silverlight 3:
* [http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/07/09/free-silverlight-application-themes-silverlight-3.aspx|Silverlight 3: 7 additional application themes!]
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/archive/2009/07/21/new-controls-in-silverlight-3.aspx|New controls in Silverlight 3]
* [http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2009/07/22/what-s-new-in-silverlight-3-multi-select-list-box.aspx|What’s New In Silverlight 3 - Multi-Select List Box]
* [http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2009/07/22/what-s-new-in-silverlight-3-element-binding.aspx|What’s New In Silverlight 3 – Element Binding]
* [http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2009/07/25/what-s-new-in-silverlight-3-merged-resources.aspx|What’s New In Silverlight 3 – Merged Resources]
==What is new==
* [https://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/05/20/silverlight-and-visual-studio-2010-beta.aspx|Silverlight and VS 2010 beta 1] Tim has this great article on developing Silverlight app with VS 2010.
* [http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx|Silverlight 3 beta released] The silverlight.net community site contains everything you need to work with Silverlight 3.
* [http://silverlight.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20430|The Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 Release] Several new controls.
* [http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/02/19/silverlight-2-gets-minor-update-gdr1.aspx|Silverlight 2 gets minor update] [http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/8/FD8F5947-78FF-40A5-9A34-5E35243C12E4/40115/Microsoft%20Silverlight%20Release%20History.html|Silverlight Release History] [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124807|End User runtime] [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119972|Developer runtime]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fa07e1ce-ca3f-4b9b-a21b-e3fa10d013dd&DisplayLang=en|Prism 2.0 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fa07e1ce-ca3f-4b9b-a21b-e3fa10d013dd&DisplayLang=en]
* [http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19172|Silverlight Toolkit Dec 2008 Released]

==What is Silverlight 2==
In Scott Guthries words:

''Silverlight 2 is a cross-platform browser plugin that enables rich media experiences and .NET RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) within the browser.

Silverlight 2 is small in size (4.6MB) and takes only 4-10 seconds to install on a machine that doesn't already have it.  It does not require the .NET Framework to be installed on a computer to run - the Silverlight setup download includes everything necessary to play video or run applications.

Silverlight provides a rich set of features for development including:''

* WPF UI Framework
* Rich Controls
* Rich Networking Support
* Rich Base Class Library
* Rich Media Support

For details, please visit [http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10/14/silverlight-2-released.aspx|ScottGu's blog].

==How do I get Silverlight 2?==
For end users, you might get Silverlight 2 (version 2.0.31005.0) at [http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx]. Users who previously got the Silverlight 2 beta 2 (a.k.a. the Olympic version, 2.0.30523.8) should upgrade to the latest version.

Developers who is trying to get started should first visit the [http://silverlight.net/default.aspx|the Silverlight community site].

==Silverlight 2 Resources==
* Learning Silverlight
** [Quick Start]
** [http://silverlight.net/default.aspx|The Silverlight community site]
** [http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/default.aspx|Mike Snow's Tip of Day]. Also see the [http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2009/01/02/silverlight-tips-of-the-day-summary-outline.aspx|index].
** [Silverlight blogs]
** [Silverlight books]
** [Silverlight Sites]
** [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(vs.95).aspx|Silverlight SDK Documents]
** [Silverlight Tools]
** [Platform Support|Detail platform browser support]
** [http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/11/03/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-68-great-silverlight-sessions-to-watch-from-pdc-2008.aspx|Silverlight Tip of the Day #68 – Great Silverlight Sessions to Watch from PDC 2008]
* [Silverlight Samples] (to be created)
* Silverlight 2 UI
** [Silverlight Controls|Controls]
*** [Silverlight Controls#built-in|Built-in Controls]
*** [Silverlight Controls#control pack|Silverlight Control Pack]
*** [Silverlight Controls#examples|Free Controls]
*** [Silverlight Controls#vendors|Third-party vendors]
*** [Deepzoom]
*** [Control Development]
*** [Control Usage Examples]
** [Data Binding]
** [Silverlight Printing|Printing] 
** [Silverlight Layout]
** [Silverlight Navigation|Navigation]
** [Style, Skin and Theme|Style, Template, Skin and Theme]
** [Interaction with browser]
** [Animation]
* Programming
** [LINQ and XML]
** [Resource Loading]
* Communications
** [Web Services] 
** [ADO.NET Data Service] (to be created)
** [Duplex Communication] (to be created)
* [Isolated Storage] (to be created)
* Dynamic Applicaions
** [Dynamic Assembly Downloading] (to be created)
** [Dynamic languages] (to be created)
* Application Frameworks
** Aspect Oriented Programming: [http://www.postsharp.org|PostSharp] is an fantastic tool that supports AOP in Silverlight 2.
** Dependency Injection (or Inversion of Control, IOC: [http://ninject.org/|NInject] is a very good dependency injection library that supports Silverlight. [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0991cedb-953a-4367-a2b6-071e31766b4c&DisplayLang=en|Unity] is an IOC framework from Microsoft.
** [MVC, MVP and MVVM]
** [http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF|Composite WPF (Prism) 2]
** [http://www.lhotka.net/cslalight/download.aspx|Rockford Lhotka's CSLA light]
** [http://www.visualwebgui.com/silverlight/tabid/382/Default.aspx|Visual WebGui]
** [Line-of-business Applications]
** [Unit Testing]
* [Port Flash to Silverlight]
* Misc subjects
** [http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/building-a-simple-3d-engine-with-silverlight/|3D Engine]

==Silverlight Known Issues==
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/pages/silverlight-bugs-and-workarounds.aspx|Silverlight Bugs and Workarounds]
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/archive/2008/11/22/silverlight-toolkit-and-f1-help.aspx|Silverlight Toolkit and F1 Help]
* [Deepzoom|10/13/2008 version of Deep Zoom Composer Bug] Scroll to the bottom of the linked page.

==About Us==
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