When you create a Silverlight-based application for deployment to the web, the last thing you probably think of is the install/upgrade experience. After all, the Silverlight project templates in Visual Studio give you a basic experience for free: However, the point of the install/upgrade experience is...

In an attempt to close the loop on getting data into Silverlight, we’ve added a couple of new Quickstarts. The first, Getting Data into Silverlight , provides some guidance about how you should store and access data from your Silverlight applications, and acts as an orientation topic for the other Silverlight...

Are you new to Silverlight or want to send your newbie friends somewhere to get started? Or maybe you've already kicked the Silverlight tires and now want to get an overview of other features? Check out the expanded and updated Silverlight QuickStarts , with 25 topics including embedded running samples...

There have been some comments popping up that people want more tutorials and when checking the hit count on some of our pages, I noticed that many have barely seen the light of day. So here are a few step-by-step topics you might want to check out. How To: Create Dynamic XAML with LINQ to XML - shows...

Blend 2 is a design tool that greatly simplifies and speeds up development of Silverlight applications. Blend 2 is currently just a Beta but the cool thing is that you can download a free trial and play with it. This new QuickStart will walk you through using Blend 2 to make Silverlight apps: http:/...