October 8, 2008 at 11:57Free Silverlight Development
I thought about the headline for a long time to avoid ambiguity. But I decided that otherwise it somehow turns out too clumsy :)
Of course, you can develop on Silverlight for money. And on this you can make a good business as an independent developer or design agency.
The news is different - now, for Silverlight development itself, you can use completely free tools. Starting with the version of Silverlight 2 RC0, which was released the day before, support for Visual Studio Web Developer Express 2008 SP1 appeared ! Silverlight itself and its SDKs were free initially.
By the way, Microsoft has a separate section of the site dedicated to free development tools - www.microsoft.com/express/en
Of course, you can develop on Silverlight for money. And on this you can make a good business as an independent developer or design agency.
The news is different - now, for Silverlight development itself, you can use completely free tools. Starting with the version of Silverlight 2 RC0, which was released the day before, support for Visual Studio Web Developer Express 2008 SP1 appeared ! Silverlight itself and its SDKs were free initially.
By the way, Microsoft has a separate section of the site dedicated to free development tools - www.microsoft.com/express/en