I'm pleased to announce the availability of the Silverlight SharePoint Web Parts extension for Visual Studio 2010. I worked on this project with
Paul Stubbs. This extension appears in the "Add Item" dialog when you are working on a SharePoint project. It will add all the necessary support to create and deploy a Silverlight Application to SharePoint. Try it out with these steps:
Note:
Paul Stubbs has a nice video available in his
post that complements this walkthrough.
Prerequisites
Creating a Hello, World! Project
1. Start Visual Studio 2010.
2. Select File>>New Project from the main menu
3. In the New Project Dialog, select to create a new Empty SharePoint Project.
4. In the SharePoint Customization Wizard, select to deploy the project into the root site of a site collection as a Sandboxed Solution.
5. Right click the new project in the Solution Explorer and select Add>>New Item from the context menu.
6. In the Add New Item dialog, select to add a Silverlight Web Part.
7. In the Choose Silverlight Project dialog, click the Add button to create a new Silverlight Application.
8. In the New Silverlight Application dialog, uncheck the box entitled "Host the Silverlight Application in a new Web Site" and click the OK button.
9. Open MainPage.xaml for editing.
10. Add a TextBlock to the application
<TextBlock>Hello, SharePoint 2010 Silverlight Web Parts!</TextBlock>
11. Press F5
12. When the browser starts, navigate to the Site Pages library.
13. Open the new page SilverlightApplication1WebPartPage.aspx.
Developing Silverlight Applications for SharePoint 2010 can't get any easier!