Welcome to the Silverlight Developer Center

This site is your source for information about using Microsoft Silverlight with Yahoo! Web Services and APIs. Here you'll find:

• HOWTO Articles to help you understand our technologies and how you can use them better with Silverlight.
• Code Samples used in our HOWTO articles to illustrate Silverlight features.
• Download the Silverlight 1.0 Class Diagram.
• Other Resources on the web where you can find source code and helpful tools.
• Community Resources where you can join our mailing list and discuss the Yahoo! APIs with us and with other Silverlight developers.

HOWTO Articles

Silverlight Basics

Learn the basics of Microsoft Silverlight.

• Silverlight Overview
• Embedding Silverlight Applications on a Page Using the <object> Tag
• Embedding Silverlight Applications on a Page Using JavaScript
• XAML Basics
• Animation Basics

Silverlight 2.0

Articles related to Silverlight 2.0.

• Accessing HTTP Web Services
• Using Returned XML
• Using Returned JSON
• Accessing the Browser with the HTML Bridge
• Isolated Storage
• Unit Testing
• Silverlight Network Security Policy (cross-domain access)
• Silverlight HTTP Request Headers
• Server Requirements

Silverlight 1.0

Articles related to Silverlight 1.0. Most parts are also relevant to Silverlight 2.0.

• Events
• Visual Elements
• Multimedia
• Data Retrieval
• Error Handling

Silverlight 1.0 with Yahoo! Web Services

• Using YUI and Silverlight 1.0

Code Samples

Try out various Silverlight features using code samples from our HOWTO articles above.

Silverlight 1.0 Samples

• Simple Animation
• Embedding a Silverlight Application on a Page
• Downloading Assets
• Using Visual Elements
• Keyboard Events
• Mouse Events
• MediaElement Methods
• Displaying Video Using MediaElement and VideoBrush, Part 1
• Displaying Video Using MediaElement and VideoBrush, Part 2
• Silverlight and YUI

Downloads

Download the Silverlight 1.0 Class Diagram as PDF, XPS or XAML. You will need to save the XAML version to disk and view in XamlPad since the file contains BitmapEffects which can't be displayed from the Internet zone in the browser.

The Class Diagram paper size is "ANSI E" (1118mm x 864mm / 44" x 34") which loosely matches the ISO "A0" size.

A Silverlight 2.0 poster is available in various formats on Brad Abrams' blog.

Other Resources

In this section you'll find links to external sites and articles that may be useful as you work with Silverlight.

• Microsoft Developer Network is the ultimate Silverlight resource site.
• The Silverlight Community Site has samples, resources and user forums.
• Silverlight SDK Blog
• Shine Draw - And excellent collection of samples for both Flash and Silverlight.

Community Resources

Discuss how to work with the Yahoo! Web Services and other APIs with Silverlight on the ydn-silverlight mailing list. Please note that this is not a general Silverlight programming questions list; try to keep your questions focused to discussions about the Yahoo! APIs.

We also provide individual lists for each of the web services and APIs we support; your questions are always welcome there as well. See the Yahoo! Developer Network Community page for more information on these mailing lists.