Creating My First Silverlight Application
Yup! finally I created my first Silverlight application. Before I get into the details of the application there are lot of things you need to download. Steven Smith has done a great job for gathering all the tools necessary for the download. You can read Steven's post using the following link:
http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2007/06/13/Silverlight-1.1-Setup.aspx
Now, that you have installed everything. You can start creating a Silverlight application. Open the Visual Studio.NET Orcas and select "Create a new project". Choose "Silverlight Template" from the templates. This will create a Silverlight Project in your solution. Now, add a ASP.NET Project to the same solution. Right click on the ASP.NET Project and select "Add Silverlight Link". This will add the "XAML" files to your Web Application Project. You can drag and drop the XAML files onto the "ASPX" page using the design view. Now, your ASP.NET webpage is Silverlight enabled.
You can also open the XAML files in the Expression Blend. This will give you a nice design view to create controls and animations. Expression Blend is quite easy to use and I am pretty sure you will get hold of it.
I will be writing detailed articles about Silverlight which will be hosted on www.TheDotNetGuy.com. So, stay tunned!
Check out the simple Silverlight application demo below:
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