Silverlight 3 has been released!!!!
Below are some of the key downloads you will need and sites worth checking out.
Microsoft Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Get it
here)
Overview (from MSDN Download site) This package is an add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 3. It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1, and it provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic.
This download will install the following: - Silverlight 3 developer runtime
- Silverlight 3 software development kit
- KB967143 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
and/or
KB967144 for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1 - Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
and/or
Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1
Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes: - Visual Basic and C# Project templates
- Intellisense and code generators for XAML
- Debugging of Silverlight applications
- Remote debugging of Silverlight applications for Mac
- Web reference support
- WCF Templates
- Team Build and command line build support
- Support for cached transparent platform extensions
- Support for Silverlight 3 Out-of-Browser applications
Silverlight 3 Toolkit (Get it
Here)
Overview (from CodePlex Download site)
The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. It includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 26 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.Install Microsoft Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow RC (Get it
here)
Overview (from MSDN Download site) Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow is a visual tool for designing and prototyping desktop and web applications. You build an application by drawing shapes, drawing controls such as buttons and list boxes, making the pieces of your application respond to mouse clicks and other user input, and styling everything to look uniquely your own.
Web Sites: Microsoft Expression Get Started Building Silverlight 3 Applications Scott Guthrie on Silverlight 3links: digg this del.icio.us technorati reddit
