Getting Started with Silverlight is a short series of training material designed to give you an overview of Silverlight, providing an introductory understanding of the technology, the concepts needed to build a Silverlight application and introduce the key Silverlight design tools.

To get started follow these easy steps:

Step 1: Install Expression Studio 3

Buy it now or get the 30 day free trial

Step 2: Install Expression Blend 2 SP1
Click here to install the FREE Service Pack
(This enhances Expression Blend with the latest Silverlight support and will also allow you to test drive an Expression Blend trial for an additional 60 days)

Step 3: Install Silverlight

If you haven’t yet installed the free Silverlight runtime then click here.

Watch this set of 11 short training videos and follow along to learn all the key concepts and tools you need to successfully design a Silverlight application.

Download the Starter Kit Manual

Now you have completed the ‘Getting Started with Silverlight’ training you’ll be ready to go deeper with your knowledge.

The next steps you take depend entirely on you:

Are you a Designer looking to get a deeper understanding of the design tools? Visit the Learn center on the Community website.

Are you a Developer looking to learn more about the technology? Visit the Get Started page on Silverlight.net.

If you are both a designer and developer then please start with the Expression Learning Center then transition to the Get Started page on Silverlight.net.

Learn more about Silverlight
Visit the official product site for more information on Silverlight.

Learn More about Expression
Visit the official Expression product site.

More Silverlight Training Resources
Visit the Silverlight Community site for training, quickstarts, and whitepapers.

Visit the Silverlight.net Forums
Read what people are saying about Silverlight today.

Visit the Expression Blend forum
Read what people are saying about working with Blend and Silverlight.