The only real tool for developing cross-platform Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) for that last 11 years has been Flash; until now! Silverlight 2 allows you to develop cross-platform Rich Internet Applications in a fraction of the time because of the extensive and very powerful .NET 3.5 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 3 Integrated Development Environment, and an enhanced workflow that allows designers and developers to work on the same set of files at the same time.

    * Develop stunning RIAs in a short time.
    * Learn some basic Object Oriented Programming Principles.
    * Get familiar with the Blend 3 development environment.

What you'll learn

    * Learn the Blend 3 and Visual Studio 2008 Integrated Development Environments (IDE).
    * Learn how to create stunning animations using Silverlight 3 Storyboards.
    * Learn how to incorporate video and sound into your RIAs with the Silverlight MediaElement.
    * Learn about and how to develop quickly using Silverlight 2's reusable resources such as UserControls, ControlTemplates and DataTemplates.
    * Learn about the new Visual State Manager and the State panel in Blend 3 to quickly and easily add MouseEnter and MouseLeave states to your UserControls.
    * Put everything you have learned together to create a sample Silverlight 2 website.