During the month of October 2009 I am running a 22 post Basic Blend course marathon! These posts will be aimed at the beginner Expression Blend user and aim to get that user to a level where they are competent using the tool.

The 22 posts have already been planned out and will be released 1 per working week day over the entire month of October. The posts are listed below and will slowly be unlocked day by day starting on Thursday the 1st:

The 22 post ‘Learn Blend in a Month’ tutorials

• What is Silverlight and Expression Blend
• Setting up your work space in Blend
• Importing artwork from other tools into Blend
• Drawing tools in Blend
• Using gradients in Blend
• Using Images and Video in Blend
• Using Blurs and Shadows in Blend
• Animating with Storyboards in Blend
• Adding easing and inertia to your animations in Blend
• Using the 3D tools to animate in Blend
• Using the Canvas element in Blend
• Using the Grid element in Blend
• Using the Stack Panel in Blend
• The differences between Text Box and Text Block in Blend
• Creating buttons and using States in Blend
• Changing the Mouse Icon graphic in Blend
• Out-the-box controls in Blend
• Using Behaviors to get things moving in Blend
• Using Resources to share styling in Blend
• Using Data Binding to share data in Blend
• Making an object re-usable as a User Control in Blend
• Legally using non-standard fonts in Silverlight and Blend