Efficient programming in Silverlight requires you to use the right tools. To get you up to speed on the latest Silverlight development tools, Cal Schrotenboer walks us through everything that comes with Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio.

Changing the designer-developer paradigm will only happen if there's something in it for both parties without the need to give up their favorite tools. We explore the state of designer-developer collaboration and what both sides need to do to advance the development process.

Within Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation, developers have some of the most advanced tools available for creating a compelling user experience. Deciding which one is right for your application could be confusing. Here we examine various development cases to ease that decision.

There were many sessions that focused on using Silverlight to enrich your multimedia site building experience at PDC 2008. In fact, recorded sessions can be viewed in Silverlight. If you didn't make it to the PDC this year, you can still get caught up!

Laurence Moroney of Microsoft discusses what you need to do to your Silverlight apps to keep them running properly through the auto-update process and transition to RTW.
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Where to get the bits of Silverlight 2

Wondering what's new and different with Silverlight 2 and how it compares with Silverlight 2 Beta 2? Click here for a quick summary of changes.

Some of the most important new features in Microsoft's recently released Expression Web 2 involve enhanced support for PHP. Don't think this is just a half hearted effort to appeal to the Open Source web development crowd. Expression Web 2 supports PHP developers with a carefully constructed, feature full treatment which you should seriously consider for your PHP applications.

Video has long been the bane of developers for lack of hosting and bandwidth. But with Microsoft® Silverlight Streaming, almost anyone can get their videos online quickly, easily and for free.