Silverlight Tutorial - First Silverlight Application

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Learn how to write your first Silverlight application. Where to get the tools and what settings to be used during development. Let's do the following steps to get development tools,

  1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
  2. Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
  3. Microsoft Expression Blend (powerful UI design tool)
Create your first application






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