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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 : Silverlight - Tools and Resources

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Before we can commence any Silverlight development, we need to understand two different kinds of tools:
  • Development tools: Development tools help developers implement a designed solution.

  • Design and content-creation tools: Designer tools are used by the graphic designers to design the look and feel of the end-user experience.

You can find these tools at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/tools.aspx.

Development Tools

Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 is an add-on for the Visual Studio 2008 development environment that enables the development of Silverlight directly within Visual Studio. You can leverage several features of the Visual Studio tools when creating applications in Silverlight. The Silverlight tools designer support is a subset of the features in the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Designer. You can download this from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C22D6A7B-546F-4407-8EF6-D60C8EE221ED&displaylang=en.

Microsoft has a software development kit (SDK) available for Silverlight. This SDK resembles the form and content of most of their technologies and highlights the recommended development methods. This Microsoft Silverlight SDK contains documentation, tools, Silverlight ASP.NET controls, and the libraries required to build Silverlight applications. You can download the SDK from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/silverlight/bb187452.aspx. (The SDK is included in the installation of Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008.)

Microsoft has also provided an array of learning mechanisms to help you master Silverlight, which you can access at http://silverlight.net/Learn/.

Design and Content-Creation Tools

Microsoft Expression Studio enables web designers to create the Silverlight interface. Expression tools enable designers to fully apply their creativity while collaborating with developers who are using Microsoft Visual Studio.

Expression Studio comes in many versions and is available as an off-the-shelf product, just like Microsoft Office:

  • Expression Web for building websites

  • Expression Blend for illustration and graphic design

  • Expression Design for creating Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-based sites

  • Expression Media for assets management and media encoding

  • Expression Encoder for transcoding video content

  • Expression Studio, which includes all the previously listed functions

Deep Zoom Composer

The Deep Zoom Composer prepares images for use with the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 2. The new Deep Zoom technology in Silverlight enables users to see images on the web like never before. The smooth in-place zooming and panning that Deep Zoom allows is a true advancement and raises the bar on what image viewing should be. High-resolution images need to be prepared for use with Deep Zoom, and this tool enables the user to create Deep Zoom composition files that control the zooming experience and then export all the necessary files for deployment with Silverlight 2. Figure 1 shows an example of the Deep Zoom interface with three images at different sizes and image control.

Figure 1. Deep Zoom Composer application user interface.

Kaxaml

Kaxaml is a lightweight XAML editor that provides a split-screen view of the XAML and the rendered content (as shown in Figure 2). This powerful tool enables rapid development of user controls and Silverlight applications. You can find this tool at http://www.kaxaml.com/.

Figure 2. Kaxaml application user interface.
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