On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:56 PM, David Smith<[email protected]> wrote: > Tis true! I am getting into it a bit ... It reminds me a lot of MS Frontpage > when it first hit the market. Loads of potential, but a few rough edges > around the outside. I'm in the "legos" stage now, where I learn a simple > technique, document the heck out of it, and then stick it in the library. > Once I get enough blocks, I start building with them. Silverlight 3 is > enticing for me as I can program once and use it for the desktop and for the > web. I'm using C# for code-behind now, and it's all XAML up front. > They've done a nice job with Expression Blend, the GUI toolset. It has fair > depth and does a nice job reducing the amount of code you have to write for > simple apps and animations, especially if you add in some of the extras and > toolkits that are up on the Silverlight website. Most of these include > source code as well, so it has been a great learning experience thus far: > I've used the "legos" to build a simple media player, twitter tool, photo > carousels, and some basic animations. If you decide to check it out, please > let me know if I can help you out if you get stuck on something. -------------------------
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