In Adam Flater's Flex blog, he suggests for teams getting started with RIAs that they:
Use Source Control
Create an easy designer/developer workflow
Select a micro-architecture, patterns and frameworks that work for your group
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We have a winner in the RIA Run contest! Check out the Contest Winners Gallery and see which entries took the top prizes. You can play the games, too! Also, be sure to check out our interview with the grand prize winner to see how he crafted his winning entry. (Silverlight 2 Beta 2 required)
Click here to see the Contest Winners.
Click here to read the interview with the Grand Prize Winner.
Click here to see the top finalists in the RIA Run Gallery.
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Offering over 3,600 hours of video coverage, NBCOlympics.com is
the largest online media event ever accomplished on the Web. Powered by
Microsoft Silverlight, viewers can watch LIVE Olympic events in
high-definition and up to 4 events simultaneously.
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Video has long been the bane of developers for lack of hosting and bandwidth. But with Microsoft® Silverlight™ Streaming, almost anyone can get their videos online quickly, easily and for free.
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Usually behind the camera, Michael Scherotter sat down with Hip Hop icon Ice Cube before he was scheduled to perform at a free live concert streamed to his new UVNTV.com site using Silverlight for high-quality video. Michael asked Cube questions about the intersection of technology with music, hip-hop and celebrity.
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This video, from 352 Media's senior developer and resident Silverlight expert, explores the main features of Silverlight 2 beta 2.
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You'll never meet someone more passionate about Web development. With a love for code, matched with great respect for user experience and design, Tim works daily with rich Internet application development. If you want to know what is happening with Silverlight and Web development, Tim's your man.
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Anand works as a Developer Evangelist, Microsoft's .NET ambassador to the Northern California region. Anand is the brains behind SilverlightDevCamp and other Silverlight outreach programs for developers. Learn more about Anand's foray into the RIA world.
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For a long time, collaboration between designers and developers has been a challenge. With developers not understanding much about graphical and user interface design and designers not knowing code requirements, there has always existed an unhealthy tension between the two. But now, thanks to Microsoft Silverlight, XAML, WPF and Expression Blend, the entire designer/developer dynamic is permanently changed for the better.
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In its latest release alongside Silverlight 2 Beta 2, Deep Zoom Composer shifts to a more accessible XML format and offers better control of image quality. Those are just the latest improvements to a tool that's grown far more capable since its introduction back at MIX 08.
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With Silverlight 2 now having a go-live license, you can begin to take advantage of all of its managed code features. In this application and walkthrough we show you how to utilize both a database and XML for your Silverlight 2 application.
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Buttons and DataGrids get all the press, but Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 1 has more than new controls. Here are nine less-visible, "long-tail" technologies in the current beta, one of which may be the key to your next Silverlight application.
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With the proliferation of Rich Interactive Application (RIA) platform choices out there, you no longer have to take a one-size-fits-all approach to developing your next RIA application. Knowing the strengths (and weaknesses) of each platform can help you to decide the best RIA for your next application.
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You're not giving up Flash any time soon (and we don't blame you.) But if you could get your Flash application working in Silverlight, why wouldn't you? We show you the tools and techniques required to have your rockin' Flash application rolled for Silverlight.
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Think PHP developers don't need Silverlight? Think again. By dynamically generating XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language), PHP developers can buff their skills with some very cool Microsoft® Silverlight™ tricks, adding a whole new responsive visual element to their PHP pages. This walkthrough goes through the details of building a simple Silverlight app just using XAML code, JavaScript, and PHP.
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Updated: 08/20/2008 at 7:31 PM EST
Troubleshooting data/service access in Silverlight
A while back I pondered doing a “live†debug session with people who were/are working with Silverlight 2 and data access via services, etc. I really like a live concept because it allows people to ask real questions and feels more conversational than Read More......( read more) 
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Updated: 08/20/2008 at 7:31 PM EST
Flex Builder Linux Alpha 4 Released on Labs
The fourth prerelease version of Adobe Flex Builder for Linux is now available for download on Adobe Labs. Flex Builder for Linux is an Eclipse plugin version of the software that you can use to build Flex applications on Linux....
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Updated: 08/20/2008 at 7:31 PM EST
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