We recently released a new free Silverlight 4 training kit [http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Silverlight4/] that walks you through building business applications with Silverlight 4. You can also download the entire offline version of the kit here [http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9709693] .  Yo

Everyone has their preferences for their development IDE. Colors, fonts, tools, keyboard shortcuts, etc. I’m certainly no different. I really prefer the darker themes over the white background. The brightness of the white background wears on me after a while. The dark theme sets me in a mellow codin

Scott Guthrie [http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/] was kind enough to join the Channel 9 Live crew for an discussion of everything Silverlight immediately following his Silverlight 4 launch keynote. You can check out the recorded video right on Channel 9 [http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/NicFill/Ch9Live-

You can now get everything you need to develop with Silverlight 4 from the WebPI! You can download and install the Silverlight tools, the Silverlight Toolkit and the RIA Services Toolkit all from the Web Platform’s Developer Tools section. But don; take my word for it, go try out the WebPI for yours

Last week my acting career got off the ground (and likely burned and crashed just as quickly). You can check out my Visual Studio meets “The Pink Panther”-like a totally tongue in cheek video right here. be gentle :-) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fewxyEjypj0] You can also check it out by clickin