Build your first desktop RIA application with Silverlight - by @Pete_Brown
Silverlight combines the best of web application development with the power of .NET on the client. Silverlight applications can be desktop applications in a sandbox, desktop applications with elevated trust, or in-browser web applications. In this video, Pete Brown walks us through creating our first Silverlight client application, including interfacing with the Twitter API and using COM Automation to integrate with Microsoft Excel.
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Post Contributed by: Kunal Chowdhury
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Kunal is the Site Admin and Contributor of Silverlight-Zone. He is a Software Engineer, Microsoft Silverlight MVP, Code Project Mentor and a Code Project MVP. He is also an active Author in SilverlightShow.net and a speaker in various community events. He works on Microsoft Platform and very passionate about Silverlight technology. He started his career in 2007 and achieved various awards during his professional life.
He shares his findings in his personal blog: http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com and he also tweets at: @kunal2383.

