Chapter 1. Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Silverlight 4

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Getting our environment ready to start developing Silverlight applications
  • Creating our first service-enabled and data-driven Silverlight 4 application using Visual Studio 2010
  • Using the workflow between Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 4
  • Using source control in Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 4
  • Deploying a Silverlight application on the server

Introduction

While we assume some basic knowledge of Silverlight for this book, we also know that developers have very little time to grasp all the new technologies that keep coming out. Therefore, this first chapter contains all that we need to know to get going with Silverlight. We'll also guide you through ...

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