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• Tip of the Day: Getting Started With Silverlight 2

  A number of folks have asked me for a step by step set guide to getting started programming with Silverlight 2. Here it is. Useful tips Memorize this URL: http://silverlight.net - from there you can always find everything you need, including all the tools... Posted Mar 18 2008, 12:57 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• How do I Write that In JavaScript?

  A comment was left in response to Master Detail in Silverlight 2 asking " Any hint how to create such a sample with Java Script instead C# ?" I thought the answer was important enough to post to the blog in general... Two points about your question... Posted Mar 17 2008, 11:05 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion, c#

• Source for the Tip of the Day

  The Tip of the Day occasionally will delve deep into code (other days it will just provide a bit of useful information, or a tip, etc.) When code is examined, however, I'll try to provide a complete working example, and to get us started, I've... Posted Mar 16 2008, 09:14 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day: More Ways To Learn Silverlight 2

  Yes, we have Silverlight 2 Videos and Yes we have Silverlight 2 tutorials But don't miss Tim Sneath's entry about his incredible Hands On Labs . These are gems. Read More......( read more ) Posted Mar 12 2008, 01:00 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day: Core Silverlight Presentations From Mix08 - Part 1

  Amazingly, all of the Mix sessions will be available online , absolutely free. What follows is, in my personal opinion, the core presentations on Silverlight 2 that are currently posted. More are on the way but these three will get you started, (along... Posted Mar 07 2008, 09:35 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day: Tutorial Image Distortion and what You and I can Do

  Some of the images in the Silverlight 2 Tutorials are not what you or I would hope for.  There is no excuse, but there is an explanation and a work around, and a fix going forward. The explanation It was very important to me to use the latest possible... Posted Mar 06 2008, 01:44 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Tutorials

• Tip of the Day: Programming with Media in 1.0

  A user posted a comment in response to one of our videos (did you know you can do that now??) I thought others might want the answer as well.... This quick start on media may be a good next step. There are a number of How Do I videos on using media. I'd... Posted Feb 10 2008, 12:15 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Hypervideo, Silverlight 1.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day - Getting Ready for Silverlight 2

  We have announced that Silverlight 2 Beta 1, will be released during the first 3 months of this year (that is, any day now) with a go-live license. It is important to keep in mind that this will be a beta product, and that 1.0 will be a release product... Posted Feb 08 2008, 02:33 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Programmer insanity

• Tip of the Day - Time to move to Generic Collections for Silverlight.

  In Silverlight 1.1 the non-generic collections were marked obsolete. We have announced that the non-generic collections will not be in Silverlight 2.0 at all, so if you're still using non-generic collections like ArrayList it is time to step up to... Posted Feb 07 2008, 02:01 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion

• Did You Know That... There Is More Every Day To Help You Get Started?

  We are in the process of reorganizing each of the pages on Silverlight.net to make them more useful and usable (though in some ways this is like painting the Brooklyn Bridge ; as soon as you're done, it is time to start over again!). One of our top... Posted Jan 20 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Silverlight 1.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Did You Know That... You can get sharp lines within a linear gradient?

  This tip is thanks to Adam Nathan and his excellent book Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed by Adam Nathan Read more about this title... You can achieve the startling effect of introducing sharp lines within a linear gradient by adding... Posted Jan 14 2008, 10:55 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight 1.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources