Chapter 2. The Blend Integrated Development Environment

The Blend Integrated Development Environment
  • The Blend 4 toolbar

  • The Objects and Timeline panel

  • The Project panel

  • The Properties panel

  • The Resources panel

  • The 3D objects that can be created in Blend 4

Now that you have your development environment set up and have had a taste of how fun and easy it is to create a cool-looking and interactive Silverlight application, we can take a step back, get to the basics, and discuss some of the major features of the Blend 4 integrated development environment (IDE). As we proceed, I will explain each major feature and then task you with little exercises to help you to familiarize yourself with these tools ...

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