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We shipped today!  WAAHOO!!!

And this time, we’ve packaged up all the dev tools (including the runtime) in one package. 

So after you’ve installed Visual Studio 2010, go get Silverlight Tools here!

Go download the Silverlight 4 RC!

• Runtime (PC, Mac)
• Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
• Expression Blend 4 Beta
• Silverlight Toolkit
• WCF RIA Services

Just a few of my favorite new SL4 RC features since the Beta:

• Full screen pinning (watch videos full screen while typing in a different window, on a different monitor.  wahoo for multi-tasking!)
• Rich text formatting spring loading (be able to hit bold and just watch it work)
• WebCam preview (see previews of the web cam in the config dialog)
• Binding support in VisualStates (use databinding in your state storyboards)
• Navigation loader refresh (support refreshing a Page in a Frame)

Go download Silverlight for Windows Phone Developer Tools!

In this package, you’ll get:

• Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP
• Windows Phone Emulator CTP
• Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP
• XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP

Read more about Windows Phone 7 Development here.

I’m so excited about MIX10!

Here’s a list of key Silverlight sessions.  If you’re not in Vegas, catch the keynotes (live!) and sessions (24hours delayed) at http://live.visitmix.com.

Thank you to everyone who came to my overview talk yesterday!

My session video has already been posted online.  You can also download the deck here.

You can find online all the other Silverlight PDC session videos.

As promised, you’ll find the code for all the demos below (and links to run the app, where possible).

But first, a few thank yous….

I got help from a bunch of people on the Silverlight team while putting together the demos and content for this talk.  So a big thank you to all of you!  (And to Walter VonKoch on the IE team for help with the Windows RSS Feed Service apis.) 

Also, a HUGE “shout out” to the Silverlight team.  As I mention in the talk, we’ve shipped three versions of Silverlight in less than 2 years… and to follow that with a Beta of Silverlight 4 so soon afterwards… it’s just amazing. 

Here are the demos…

Scrapbook App

(Code, Live App)

Shows Silverlight 4 Beta features:

• Drag Drop onto Silverlight
• Right Click Event Support
• Printing

PDC Photobooth App

(Code, Live App)

Shows Silverlight 4 Beta features:

• WebCam
• Printing

Classroom Proctor App

(Code)

Shows Silverlight 4 Beta features:

• UDP Support for Multicast Solutions
• Navigation Loader Extensibility
• Authentication Support in Client Http Networking Stack
• INotifyDataErrorInfo Asynchronous Data Validation
• Implicit Styles
• RichTextArea
• BiDi Script & Right to Left FlowDirection
• Programmatic Clipboard
• Expression Blend Fluid Layout Support for ListBox
• Google Chrome Browser Support

Note: in order to run this application, you will need to set up a Silverlight Multicast Server.  An example of a server can be found here.  You can use the policy file found here.

FeedReader

(Code, Live App)

Note: you must Right-Click to install this application.

Shows Silverlight 4 Beta features:

• WebBrowser HTML Hosting
• HTMLBrush
• Trusted Applications with Native Integration via COM Interop
• Notification Windows

As our VP ScottGu just announced in the PDC Keynote, Silverlight 4 Beta ships today! Get the bits here.

If you’re at PDC, I’ll be giving the Silverlight 4 Beta Overview session in an hour (CL01, 11:30am Hall F).

Here are some other great Silverlight PDC Talks!

Thanks to Joe for calling out the new Silverlight  feature request tracker.  Tim Heuer and Scott Barnes have set up this list up to help us get feedback from the community.

We’re definitely looking closely at this list!  Please cast your votes. 

Now using ChildWindow, Validation UI and more!

Go here to see the app and get the code.

Silverlight 3 is out in the wild!!

(team-signed poster in my office)

Links to all the good stuff:

• Developer Runtime (pc, mac)
• SDK (link)
• VS Tools (link)
• Expression Blend RC (link)
• July Toolkit (link)

Some of the new Silverlight 3 features include…

* Added since Silverlight 3 Beta

On a personal note…. Around Mix, I took over the PM position in the Silverlight 3 Shipping Triad.  It’s been an amazing (tiring, ridiculous, exhilarating) experience.  So, a shout out to the SL3 Triad, the always awesome framework feature teams, and the Silverlight team as a whole.  It’s been a privilege working with all of you.

This release was a special one for me. 

Karen

p.s.  If you read my blog, you know I’m on vacation right now.    I made the call a few days ago to leave my laptop at home… So none of my SL3 Beta samples have been updated to RTW bits yet.  But I promise to when I’m back in Seattle.  In the meantime, enjoy playing with SL3!