Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

Posted by Jithen (J) Singh in Imported on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 | 6 comments

So yesterday I started playing with Microsoft Silverlight and creating some applications to see how it all works. Now since it’s just XML and JavaScript you can basically just use notepad to whip something up quickly. I was wanting something more powerful, so I downloaded the latest version of Microsoft Expression Blend.  This is the design tool that helps you create powerful applications in WPF and WPF/e. You need to get Microsoft Expression Blend 2 to build Microsoft Silverlight applications. This is the May preview. A free trial download is available from here: http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/download.aspx?key=blend2maypreview.

Once installed you will notice it is very different from most of the interfaces you are used to. The application itself is all built in WPF. Pretty neat! This will get you up and going.

Now to get familiar with things and how they work? I came across a bundle of cool and short tutorials on how to do things in Microsoft Silverlight. You can find these here:

  • Using Silverlight Brushes for Color, Gradient and Video
  • Using the Silverlight Downloader Object
  • Basic Keyboard Input with Silverlight
  • Adding Ink Support to a Silverlight-based Application
  • 2D Geometries in Silverlight
  • Building Video Overlays with Silverlight
  • Creating a Video Scrubbing Control with Silverlight
  • Using Silverlight for Full Screen Experiences
  • Silverlight Event Handling with JavaScript
  • Animating and Clipping Video with Silverlight
  • Creating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
  • Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part I
  • Animating Vector Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend Part II
  • Animating Raster Art for Silverlight with Expression Blend
  • Using Expression Blend to Control Silverlight Media Playback
  • Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with ASP.NET
  • Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with PHP
  • Delivering Parameterized Silverlight Content with Java
  • Using AJAX to Dynamically Update Silverlight Content
  • Creating a Video Playlist with Silverlight and ASP.NET
  • Overlaying HTML and Silverlight Content
  • Real-Time Data Update with Silverlight and Web Services

    • These are videos which are about 5 minutes long and cover the “how to” for each section. Pretty neat! Check them out. I will post more about the Microsoft Silverlight application I am creating later :)

    

    6 Responses to “ “Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials”

    1. BlinkGeo » Extending Rich Internet Applications to the Desktop: AIR, Silverlight, and GIS? says:
      February 10, 2007 at 3:30 am

      RE: Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

      Pingback from  BlinkGeo    » Extending Rich Internet Applications to the Desktop: AIR, Silverlight, and GIS?

      Reply
    2. Rob Conery says:
      June 6, 2007 at 3:02 pm

      RE: Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

      Silverlight: The Road Begins

      Reply
    3. Silverlight Blogs says:
      June 6, 2007 at 8:33 pm

      RE: Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

      More Silverlight Tutorials than you can shake a silverstick at

      Reply
    4. It's All About Causality says:
      October 6, 2007 at 10:49 pm

      RE: Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

      סרטוני וידאו קצרים של 5 דקות בכל מיני נושאים: Using Silverlight Brushes for Color, Gradient and Video

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    5. It's All About Causality says:
      November 6, 2007 at 12:35 am

      RE: Microsoft Silverlight Tutorials

      סרטוני וידאו קצרים של 5 דקות בכל מיני נושאים: Using Silverlight Brushes for Color, Gradient and Video

      Reply
    6. www.silverlighttutorials.blogspot.com says:
      November 6, 2007 at 9:21 pm

      Your collection on this topic silverlight is very good.

      I am currently working with silverlight and developing <a href="www.silverlighttutorials.blogspot.com">www.silverlighttutorials.blogspot.com</a> here I am giving more tutorials for the silverlight programmers. It could be more helpfull to silverlight lovers.

      Reply

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