Easily build a Silverlight development environment

To create a Silverlight 4 development environment, Microsoft offers the simplest way to use the Web Platform Installer for "One-click Installation"

After downloading the installation, Web Platform installer automatically detects which software you have installed

If you need to install a new developer Tools, just select the item and the Install button below prompts for the next step. Typically, the development environment for Silverlight 4 needs to include the following development tools: 1. In Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Web Developer Express, the. NET Framework 4 is installed during installation, and you can also download the. NET Framework 4 installation separately, 2. After you install the development tools, you need to download and install the Silverlight 4 tools for Visual Studio 2010 development Package. Download Link: Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010; After installation is complete, the Add Silverlight 4 project development template will be automatically updated in Visual Studio 2010, as well as the Silverlight 4 SDK and related development environments. The following is what is included in the development package:

• Silverlight 4 Developer Runtime
• Silverlight 4 SDK (software Development Kit)
• Update for Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer Express (KB982218)
• Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
• WCF RIA Services V1.0 for Silverlight 4
• F # Runtime for Silverlight 4

3. For Silverlight artist developers, you need to download expression Studio 4, because only blend 4 supports Silverlight 4 project development, and blend 4 and visual Studio 2010 are seamlessly combined, With blend 4, you can easily create and modify custom control styles and develop a professional Silverlight project interface. 4. Finally, it is recommended to install the Silverlight 4 Toolkit control package, The control is a Silverlight control extension package developed by Microsoft. It contains dozens of types of extended controls that can be easily developed for Silverlight projects, and the project is an open source project where developers can easily modify controls and create custom control effects. With the above tools installed, the Silverlight 4 development environment has been created, and if you are using Web Platform Installer, you can develop a Silverlight 4 project by choosing one-click installation of the relevant options above. In addition, Microsoft has launched the Silverlight 4 official version of the offline Help document, the document contains all the technical knowledge of Silverlight 4, is the developer's essential information, recommended download. Microsoft Silverlight 4 Offline documentation (English)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=zh-cn&FamilyID= B6127b9b-968c-46c2-8cb6-d228e017ad74

Microsoft Silverlight 4 online Help documentation (MSDN)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/cc838158 (vs.95). aspx The following is the creation of the Silverlight 3 development environment that is based on Visual Studio 2008.

There are four steps to establishing a Silverlight 3 development environment:

1. First you need to install development tools, and for Silverlight 3 project development, you must use Visual Studio SP1 or Visual Web Developer Express with SP1 as the development tool. During the installation, the. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is installed at the same time, and if you do not have. NET Framwork 3.5 SP1 you need to download the installation separately.

2. After installing the development tools, you need to download and install the Silverlight tool Development Kit. Click to download: Silverlight 2 tools for Visual Studio SP1 or Silverlight 3 tools for Visual Studio SP1, complete the Silverlight development package installation , you add the Silverlight project development template to the automatic Update in Visual Studio 2008, as well as the Silverlight SDK and the related development environment.

3. For Silverlight 3 projects, the user interface designer will also need to install Microsoft Expression Blend 3. Blend is the expression companion software that makes it easy for interface designers to develop a professional Silverlight user interface.

4. Finally, you need to download the Silverlight Toolkit. The control is a Silverlight control extension package developed by Microsoft.

Once the above installation is complete, Silverlight development is ready.

Note that the Silverlight development environment requires a stricter language environment, and in the Chinese development environment, the English version of the Silverlight development package cannot be installed.

Latest Silverlight 3 English development pack download: http://silverlightchina.net/html/download/books/2009/0710/56.html

Latest Silverlight 3 Chinese development pack Download: http://silverlightchina.net/html/download/2009/0730/132.html

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