Learning and community resources

Apart from this User Guide, the following additional content and resources are available.

Expression Blend and other Expression Studio products

• Expression community website (training, tutorials, videos, and webcasts)

• Expression Blend and Expression Design team blog

• Expression Blend discussion forums

• Feedback and bug reporting center

• Expression Blend solution center

Silverlight

• Silverlight learning center

• Silverlight 2 quickstart tutorials using Expression Blend

• Silverlight 2 How Do I videos

• Silverlight 2 documentation on MSDN

• Silverlight 2 tools for Visual Studio 2008

• Silverlight 1 scripting and mouse events

Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

As you work in Microsoft Expression Blend, you may find that having a deeper knowledge of Windows Presentation Foundation can be helpful with certain feature areas of Expression Blend that require more technical expertise. Such areas include interactivity (for example, event handlers), template editing, Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) editing, and code editing. To help you start, the following are some useful links related to Windows Presentation Foundation:

• Windows Presentation Foundation Home page

• Windows Presentation Foundation Forum

• Windows Vista Developer Center

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK)

• Control Library in the Windows Presentation Foundation section on MSDN