Microsoft Silvelight 2.0 has been great success for the Microsoft. There lots of rich user friendly animated application is designed with Microsoft Silvelight 2.0. Now with Microsoft has added some new features to Silverlight 3.0. It includes major media enhancement,allowing web applications to view on desktop, Graphic improvement for 3D Support, GPU Acceleration and H-264 Support etc. Following is new feature list for silvelight 3.0

1. Live and on demand true HD Smooth streaming.
2. More format Choice.
3. True HD Playback.
4. Extensible media format support
5. Perceptive 3D Graphics
6. Pixel shader effects.
7. Bitmap Caching.
8. Animation Effect.
9. Enhance control skinning.
10. Improve text rendering and font support.
11. Search Engine Optimization
12. Data Forms and Data Validation.
13. Application library caching
14. Binary Xml.
15. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator import support
16. Fully compatible with visual studio 2010.

There are many more features. To know more about him please visit following link. http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx

If you have any question then you can ask here in silverlight community.http://silverlight.net/Community/

You can get started with silvelight 3.0 with following. Its will be great help and tools available on following link. http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/

Technorati Tags: SiverLight,SilverLight3.0,SilverLight 2.0,ASP.NET4.0,WPF and WCF

XAML means Extensible Markup Language is a language to write user interfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. XAML simplifies the creating user interfaces with windows presentation foundation and .net framework 3.0. We can create visible user interface controls and component via XAML.

I have found a great article that articles describes whole aspects of XAML with starting from what is XAML? to next level of programming in .net framework 3.0 and windows presentation foundation.

here is the link for that:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752059.aspx

Windows presentation foundation is next generation technology launched by Microsoft. We can create great applications with wpf and Microsoft.net technology.



Component one studio has launched studio enterprise tool set for the wpf. It contains the scheduler controls like calendar,multi month calendar and other controls like grid for wpf.



The Studio Enterprise WPF Toolset is a suite of next-generation Scheduling, Charting and Grid components developed specifically for the Windows Presentation Foundation platform. The Studio Enterprise WPF Toolset Beta launches by unveiling the world's first suite of Scheduling components for WPF including Schedule, Month Calendar, and Multi-month Calendar components.

One of my blogging frined Nilang Shah has post our WCF links materials on his blog.

It is a very good collection of WCF. You will have almost all things related to here.

here is the link:
http://nilangshah.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/collection-of-wcf-indigo-links-and-material/

Here are the some cool links of silver light videos:

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/video.aspx

To Learn silver light You can download learning videos:

http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideos.aspx

Another one is what we can do the with silver light :
http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/06/19/demo-the-power-of-silverlight-video.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/06/20/more-fun-with-silverlight-video-ad-overlays.aspx

Here is are some links for cool acropolis video on http://www.windowsclients.net/

Introducing Acropolis

Using Acropolis PartPanes

Using the Acropolis Designer

Using Transitions in Acropolis

here is the all link of videos:

http://windowsclient.net/acropolis/

The Microsoft code name “Acropolis” Community Technology Preview is a set of components and tools that make it easier for developers to build and manage modular, business focused, client .NET applications. Acropolis is part of the “.NET Client Futures” wave of releases, our preview of upcoming technologies for Windows client development.

Microsoft Announces new version ctp of Microsoft acropolis. For more details and download
ctp of Microsoft Acropolis please visit following link:

http://windowsclient.net/acropolis/

The primary goal of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is to help developers create attractive and effective user interfaces. Learn how the WPF unified platform helps make designers active participants in creating user interfaces, and provides a common programming model for standalone and browser applications

I have found a cool link from msdn that will describe all the things for Windows presentation foundation.

The articles contains:
Describing Windows Presentation Foundation
Illustrating the Problem
Addressing the Problem: What Windows Presentation Foundation ProvidesUsing Windows Presentation Foundation
The Technology of Windows Presentation Foundation
Applying Windows Presentation Foundation Tools for Windows Presentation Foundation
For Developers: Visual Studio
For Designers: Expression Interactive DesignerWindows Presentation Foundation and Other Microsoft Technologies
Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms
Windows Presentation Foundation and Win32/MFC
Windows Presentation Foundation and Direct3D
Windows Presentation Foundation and AJAX/"Atlas"
Windows Presentation Foundation and "WPF/E"Conclusion


here is link for that whole article...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa663364.aspx