Silverlight Designer
[This documentation is for preview only, and is subject to change in later releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]
You can create Silverlight applications in the WPF Designer for Visual Studio as easily as you can create WPF applications. The familiar features of Design view, XAML view, and the Properties window are the same. For more information, see WPF and Silverlight Designer Overview and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010.
Creating a Silverlight Project
To create a Silverlight project with Visual Studio, you must first install the Silverlight Software Development Kit (SDK) and follow the procedure described in How to: Create a New Silverlight Project.
Data Binding
You can bind Silverlight custom controls to data by using the data binding builder. For more information, see Data Binding in the WPF Designer and Binding Silverlight Controls to Data in Visual Studio.
Extensibility
If you author custom design-time experiences for your Silverlight controls, you use the same extensibility API that you use with WPF custom controls. For more information, see WPF Designer Extensibility and WPF and Silverlight Designer Extensibility Samples.
See Also
Other Resources
Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010
How to: Create a New Silverlight Project
Walkthrough: Creating Your First Silverlight Application