September 26th, 2009
Learn Expression Blend in a Month!
Silverlight Blend Tutorials, Working with Silverlight, by Gavin Wignall.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
great idea, looking forward to it!
[...] more here [...]
[...] Learn Expression Blend in a Month! [...]
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Twitter by davidezordan: RT @MSExpression: #Blend course marathon! – Learn #Expression #Blend in a Month by @silverlightbuzz – http://bit.ly/NABoO #msexp #fb…