Silverlight toolkit officially released!

What is Silverlight Toolkit?

Silverlight Toolkit is a control, and components and utilities have made many Silverlight version cycles out of normal Silverlight. It quickly adds new features to designers and developers and provides communities to help shape product development by contributing ideas and error reports. This first version of the 12 new controls for cover plotting includes complete source code, unit testing, samples and documentation, styling, layout, and user input.

How is the Silverlight toolkit created?

We use an iterative, evolutionary development model to release new controls and update frequently and quickly get feedback from the Community to our development team. With access to source code, unit testing, and the magic of our internal infrastructure, the Community lets us know what it prefers and what it wants to change. Anyone can download the source code and start exploring. This transparency will allow the Community to help us with prioritize demonstration based on real-world usage and actual customer situations. We also want to make easy-to-use tips and be mindful of the source code for all the reasons why our parts and Windows Presentation basics are designed and the Silverlight toolkit is released under Microsoft Public License.

 

 

Start
Download the latest version
Visit our online samples: control samples, drawing samples
Travel guided by the Silverlight Toolkit:

Part 2-control

Part 2-plotting and separation

Part 2-Theming Vist our forum at Silverlight.net

November 2008 Silverlight toolkit Overview
The Silverlight toolkit defines four quality bands that describe the stability and completion level of each component. The following components are currently in the Quality band within the Silverlight Toolkit
A summary of the drop.

Preview the components of the Quality band
Autocompletebox
Numericupdown
Viewbox
Extension
Implicitstylemanager
Plotting

Components in stable quality band
Treeview
Dockpanel
Wrappanel
Tag
Headeredcontentcontrol
Headereditemscontrol

Topic
In addition to big control, the toolbox also includes a beautiful classification of professional themes, allowing your applications to stand out and improve the overall appearance of your Silverlight UI. For more information, see the overview on theming.

What is the Silverlight Toolkit?

The Silverlight toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. it adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. this first release provided des full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

How the Silverlight Toolkit is Built

We use an iterative, evolutionary development model to release new controls and updates often and get feedback from the community to our development team quickly. with access to source code, unit tests and the infrastructure magic we use internally, the community can let us know what it likes and what it wants to change. anyone can download the source code and start processing ing. this transparency will allow the community to help us prioritize features based on real-world usage and actual customer scenarios. we also want to make it easy to reuse skills and source code which is why all our components are designed with Windows Presentation Foundation in mind and the Silverlight Toolkit is released under the Microsoft Public License.

Get Started

• Download the latest release
• Visit our online samples:Controls Samples, Charting Samples
• Take the guided tour of the Silverlight Toolkit:Part 1-Controls,Part 2-chartingAndPart 3-theming
• Vist our forum on silverlight.net

Silverlight Toolkit November 2008 Overview

The Silverlight Toolkit defines fourQuality bandsThat describe the stability and finish-level of each component. Below is a summary of where the components currently in the Silverlight toolkit fall within the quality bands.

• Components inPreviewQuality band
  • Autocompletebox
  • Numericupdown
  • Viewbox
  • Expander
  • Implicitstylemanager
  • Charting

• Components inStableQuality band
  • Treeview
  • Dockpanel
  • Wrappanel
  • Label
  • Headeredcontentcontrol
  • Headereditemscontrol

Themes

In addition to great controls, the toolkit also includes a beautiful assortment of professional themes to make your applications stand out and improve the overall look-and-feel of your Silverlight UI. See the overview onThemingFor more information.

• Expression dark
• Expression light
• Rainier purple
• Rainier orange
• Shiny blue
• Shiny red