Dan Rigby

Expression Blend

• Design Toolbox – A design training site (focusing on Blend) from Microsoft that is both educational and fun
  • http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/
• Expression Blend Starter Kits – Video Tutorials on using Expression Blend
  • http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc184875.aspx#ExpressionBlendStarterKits

Silverlight

• Silverlight Home – Information, tutorials, links
  • http://silverlight.net/default.aspx
• Official Silverlight 4 Documentation
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(VS.96).aspx
• Official Silverlight 3 Documentation
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(VS.95).aspx
• Web Platform Installer – Microsoft Web Platform Installer information and download. (Used to Install Silverlight Developer Tools and SDK)
  • http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
• 20 Resources to Get Started with Silverlight and Blend
  • http://ux.artu.tv/?p=136
• Silverlight Toolkit – Additional Controls, Themes, and Tools for Silverlight
  • http://silverlight.codeplex.com/
• Silverlight Extensions & Contrib – Free Silverlight control libraries
  • http://slextensions.codeplex.com/
• Silverlight Media Framework (a SL Media Player)
  • http://smf.codeplex.com/
• DiffPlex (SL Diff Generator)
  • http://diffplex.codeplex.com/
• Silverlight Analytics Framework
  • http://msaf.codeplex.com/
• Silverlight 4 Training Course
  • http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Silverlight4/
• Silverlight Tip of the Day – Large collection of Silverlight tips and short tutorials
  • http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2009/01/02/silverlight-tips-of-the-day-summary-outline.aspx
• Tim Heuer – Getting Started with Silverlight Development
  • http://timheuer.com/blog/articles/getting-started-with-silverlight-development.aspx
• Brad Abrams Silverlight & RIA Services Business App Examples
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/08/02/business-apps-example-for-silverlight-3-rtm-and-net-ria-services-july-update-summary.aspx
• RIA Services Home
  • http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/riaservices/
• Silverlight Firestarter Event Videos – Videos on many Silverlight related tools and technologies including Blend, RIA Services, and the Silverlight Toolkit
  • http://www.msdnevents.com/firestarter/#dev_ondemand
• Silver Bay Labs Development Guides – Video Tutorials on using Silverlight and various technologies like PRISM and MEF
  • http://development-guides.silverbaylabs.org/Home/Videos
• Image Wall Control (A Silverlight 4 control that replicates the wall of images in the Zune)
  • http://imagewall.codeplex.com/
• The Secret behind the Pageflip Animation – Tutorial by Rick Barraza explaining the math and construction process behind a great looking pageflip animation
  • http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/rickbarraza?entry=the_secret_behind_the_page

WPF

• Windows Client – Winforms and WPF Home. Contains information, tutorials, and links
  • http://windowsclient.net/default.aspx
• Codeplex WPF Home – Portal for accessing the WPF Toolkit and the WPF Futures releases
  • http://www.codeplex.com/wpf
• WPF Tutorial.Net – Fantastic WPF Tutorial Site by Christian Moser
  • http://www.wpftutorial.net/Home.html
• WPF Toolkit – Additional Controls, Themes, and Tools for WPF
  • http://wpf.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=29117
• WPF Code Samples
  • http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpfsamples
• Microsoft WPF Performance Tool
  • http://windowsclient.net/wpf/perf/wpf-perf-tool.aspx
• WPF Disciples – WPF blog (multiple contributors) with a lot of good information on WPF development
  • http://wpfdisciples.wordpress.com/

Useful for both Silverlight & WPF

• Patterns and Practicies: Composite WPF and Silverlight (Prism) – WPF /Silverlight Application Framework and Patterns
  • http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/
• Essential WPF/Silverlight Developer and Designer Toolbox
  • http://10rem.net/articles/the-essential-wpf-silverlight-xna-developer-and-designer-toolbox
• Caliburn – WPF / Silverlight Application Framework
  • http://caliburn.codeplex.com/
• Galasoft MVVM Light Toolkit – MVVM toolkit for WPF and Silverlight
  • http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/getstarted/
• Visifire – Free (for GPL’d works) Silverlight and WPF Charting Controls. Has dual licensing model for closed source usage
  • http://www.visifire.com/
• Kaxaml – Lightweight XAML Editor
  • http://www.kaxaml.com/
• Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
  • http://www.codeplex.com/MEF
• Ninject – Fast, Lightweight .Net Dependency Injection
  • http://www.ninject.org/
• XAML PowerToys – Adds additional tools (Refactorings, Code Generation, & more) to the context menu for working with XAML while in Visual Studio 2008
  • http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/xaml-power-toys/
• Roundup of UX Tools
  • http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/information-gathering-a-roundup-of-ux-applications/