Mike Snows Silverlight Blog

Tip of the Day #8 - Silverlight Resources

The following is my list of Silverlight Resources including blogs, tutorials and more. If you know of any other good ones please let me know as I will keep this list updated on a regular basis:

Install The Latest Tools

• Beta 2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=50A9EC01-267B-4521-B7D7-C0DBA8866434&displaylang=en

Getting Started

• Main Site: http://www.silverlight.net
• MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404700(VS.95).aspx 
  • Breaking changes between beta 1 and beta 2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404700(VS.95).aspx
  • Architecture: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404700(VS.95).aspx

Silverlight Blogs

• Bill Reiss: http://www.bluerosegames.com/SilverlightBrassTacks/
• Brad Adams: http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/BradA/
• Dan Wahlin: http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/default.aspx
• Delay: http://blogs.msdn.com/delay/
• Jeff Paries: http://designwithsilverlight.com/
• Jessie Liberty: http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
• Joe Stegman: http://blogs.msdn.com/jstegman/default.aspx
• Karen Corby: http://scorbs.com/
• Laurence Moroney: http://blogs.msdn.com/webnext/default.aspx
• Michael Palermo: http://weblogs.asp.net/palermo4/default.aspx
• Mike Snow: http://www.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow
• Michael Sync: http://michaelsync.net/
• Neo: http://www.silverlightexamples.net/
• Nikola:
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/nikola/default.aspx
  • http://www.nokola.com/
• Peter Blois: http://www.blois.us/blog/
• Pete Brown: http://community.irritatedvowel.com/blogs/pete_browns_blog/default.aspx
• ScottGu: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx
• Synergist: http://blogs.msdn.com/synergist/
• SDK Team: http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/
• Tim Sneath: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/
• Tim Heuer: http://timheuer.com/blog/
• VectorForm: http://www.vectorform.com/silverlight/blog/
• Web Services Team: http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlightws
• Wilco Bauwer: http://www.wilcob.com/Wilco/Silverlight.aspx
• Stream: http://www.silverlightcream.com/

Miscellaneous Topics of Interest for Silverlight

3D Engine: http://www.codeplex.com/Kit3D

Balder 3D Engine: http://www.codeplex.com/Balder (Blog: http://www.dolittle.com/blogs/einar)

Game Programming:                     

• http://www.andybeaulieu.com/Default.aspx
• http://www.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow
• http://silverlightrocks.com/cs/default.aspx
• http://www.devx.com/RIA/

Secure Password sending: http://dnnsilverlight.adefwebserver.com/Samples/SilverlightXAML/tabid/56/Default.aspx
Silverlight Nuggets: http://silverlightnuggets.com/
Sockets: http://www.flawlesscode.com/
Web Services: http://dnnsilverlight.adefwebserver.com/Silverlight20/SilverlightWebservice/tabid/66/Default.aspx