Getting started with Silverlight

[ChristopherJursa]

Hi,

I am interested in testing out Silverlight with some existing data for my client.

I know about the extension for ArcGIS at http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/silverlight/

What is the best way to get started?  I know Visual Studio has a free API for Visual Basic.  Is there a IDE for Silverlight for free by chance?  If so, what do I have to install?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Chris

[JMcNeil]

Chris,

The best way is to go here and watch this video -  it will tell you all about the web platform installer (easiest way to get all the Silverlight development tools). and how to create your first Silverlight applicaiton.

http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-videos/getting-started-with-silverlight-developm...

To learn some basics about Silverligth a great site is:

Jesse Liberty's - The Silverlight Geek Tutorials - http://www.silverlight.net/learn/tutorials/general-tutorials/

Tutorial 1: Silverlight User Interface Controls
Tutorial 2: Data Binding
Tutorial 3: Displaying SQL Database Data in a DataGrid using LINQ and WCF
Tutorial 4: User Controls
Tutorial 5: Styles, Templates, and Visual State Manager

Tim Heuer's 8-Part Blog on Getting Started with Silverlight - http://timheuer.com/blog/articles/getting-started-with-silverlight-development.aspx


ESRI also has some killer tutorals

Check out Rex in the ESRI getting started with Silverlight ESRI API
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/help/index.html - Click on "Get Started"

And for ESRI installation suggestions and order.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/help/index.html - "Click on Installation"



This concept list is awesome to read and try and learn
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/help/index.html

And the interaction SDK is really cool to see some tools and how they work.
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm

Hope this helps
J

[ChristopherJursa]

Can I use Silverlight to export a ArcMap document?

I was hoping to use it to send a HTML document with Silverlight used to a colleague as opposed to a PDF, which we always use.  

I was assumming I could export my ArcMap document to a Silverlight document and my colleague could open the document in a web browser and view the map.  Is this correct?

[JenniferNery]

The web API's do not work with ArcMap directly. ArcMap can be used to author the map resources you host on ArcGIS Server (for which, you will need ArcGIS Server license).

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF enables you to create rich internet and desktop applications that utilize the powerful mapping, geocoding, and geoprocessing capabilities provided by ArcGIS Server and Bing�?� services.