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How does one start development in Silverlight?
Does one need a new IDE? or Visual studio will support?
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Microsoft Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020.
The Mono Team abandoned development of Moonlight, a free and open-source implementation of both the Silverlight 1 and 2 runtimes. Development was discontinued in 2012 due to the poor acceptance of Silverlight and the restrictions imposed by Microsoft.
Microsoft Silverlight is a component of many web browsers that lets them play music and videos. Silverlight used to be incredibly popular, but was eventually made obsolete by HTML5. Almost no major web browser still uses Silverlight, and it will be fully shut down in October 2021.
Yes there is tooling support for Visual Studio. It is still in Beta though.
Get Started Building Silverlight 2 Applications
1) Install Visual Studio 2008 then Install Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 This add-on to Visual Studio 2008 allows you to use .NET to create Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Web sites. The Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Runtime and the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 SDK are installed as part of this install. For additional information read the overview and the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Readme Notes. Note if you have Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta installed, please see this information for details on installing correctly.
2) Install Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview This is a preview version of Expression Blend for designing Silverlight 2 experiences.
3) Install Deep Zoom Composer This tool allows you to prepare your images for use with the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 2.
One thing to watch out for is that Silverlight does not support Synchronous calls to the server. All calls are Asynchronous as of this Beta.
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Let's tackle this systematically, because there is a lot to learn and there is a lot of information out there. You may want to start with Microsoft's resources first, as they are highly reviewed, and all in one place, and we're working hard to create a lot of them to produce a smooth on-ramp. Then, when you are comfortable, you can certainly branch out to other resources as well.
My advice would be to memorize this URL: http://silverlight.net
Just about everything you'll need for some time is there.
Here is how I'd go about getting started, but there are lots of alternative paths as well...
Go to the [getting started page][1] but don't download everything you see. Focus on just the big green numbers 1 and 2, that is the links to download Visual Studio 2000, the tools for Beta 2 VS 200, and the Beta 1 pack as well as the Blend 2.5 June 2008 preview.
Click on Learn on the menu (or click [here][2] ) and watch on lien or download the first video, the Silverlight install experience.
Assuming you haven't worked in Silverlight or WPF before, I'd take a look at our [showcase][3] applications, just to get a sense of what can be done with Silverlight.
Once you've done that, the order of videos I’ve recommended in the past is in [this blog entry.][4] (which you'll see is where i cribbed these notes from)
Once the basics are under your belt, be sure to check out our expanding collection of [tutorials][5], [videos][6], [webcasts][7], and we have a lot more on the way, including forthcoming books, and a number of alternatives. Also, tomorrow I start a monthly blog cast with [Sparkling Client][8] which I hope will be fun and informative.
Finally, when you have questions, you certainly can ask here (this looks like a tremendous resource!) but if they are Silverlight related you may also want to post them on our [forums][9]
Hope that helps.
-jesse liberty
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