Creating a Silverlight Project in Expression Blend

Complete the following steps to create a new Silverlight project in Microsoft Expression Blend 4:

1.   Select File | New Project to open the New Project dialog box in Blend 4.

2.   In the Project types pane, click the Silverlight node.

3.   In the right pane, choose Silverlight Application + Website in the Templates pane to create a project with an associated Web site.

4.   Name the project, specify a location for the project, choose a language (Visual C# or Visual Basic), and click OK.

Your new project will be created.

The Project

The solution you just created will contain two projects, YourProject and YourProject.Web:

•      YourProject: This is the Silverlight application proper. It will produce a XAP file that gets downloaded to the client and runs inside the Silverlight plug-in.

•      YourProject.Web: This is the host application. It runs on the server and provides support for the Silverlight application.