Ge Started - Build Silverlight 3.0 Applications

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To get started builing Silverlight 3.0 applications you would need the following softwares,
1. Install the developer tools for Silverlight. If you don't have Visual Web Developer, download both using Web Platform Installer. This will install the SDK, developer runtimes, and Visual Studio project templates. If you already have Visual Studio, download the tools directly (the Silverlight 3 SDK is also available as a standalone download).
2. Install Microsoft Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow Trial
Expression Blend 3 + Sketchflow allows designers to graphically create UI’s for Silverlight 3 applications.
3. Install Deep Zoom Composer
This tool allows you to prepare your images for use with the Deep Zoom feature in Silverlight 3.
4. Download Silverlight Toolkit
This Toolkit is a Microsoft project containing Silverlight controls, components and utilities that can be downloaded and used in your Silverlight applications. It includes full source code, samples and tests.
5. Download .NET RIA Services
Microsoft .NET RIA Services simplifies the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. The RIA Services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations.