[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases of Microsoft Silverlight.]

Getting Started with Silverlight Development

Introduction

The QuickStart topics in this section help you get started developing your Microsoft Silverlight-based applications with Microsoft Visual Studio.

Creating an Application for Silverlight: Explains how to use the templates provided in Visual Studio to create the basic project settings and structure for a Silverlight-based application that uses managed code.
Creating a Class Library for Silverlight: Explains how to use the templates provided in Visual Studio to create a class library for a Silverlight-based application that uses managed code.
The Silverlight Preview Window: Lists preview features that are supported for Silverlight-based projects.
Exploring Silverlight Assemblies with the Visual Studio Object Browser: Explains how you can customize the Visual Studio Object Browser to view the assemblies that are installed with Silverlight.