Silverlight Runtime and SDK
Finally, for developers who want to use a different IDE or prefer a more lightweight development environment, Microsoft does allow you to download the different Silverlight development components individually.
To do this, begin by downloading and installing the Silverlight 3 Developers Runtime, using this URL:
The standard Silverlight 3 run time is highly optimized in order to keep the download size of the player to an absolute minimum. This comes at some cost to developers because part of the optimizations includes the removal of things that are helpful to developers such as exception messages. The Developers Runtime differs from the standard runtime installation in that it can provide you with more detailed debugging and error information but is a slightly larger download size.
Next, download and install the Silverlight 3 SDK using the following URL: http://sn.im/ezw3q.
The SDK includes tools, libraries, documentation, and samples needed to develop for Silverlight 3. By default, the SDK installs itself to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v3.0. The SDK installs the following folders:
□ Libraries — Contains both Client and Server libraries. The Client libraries contain all of the Silverlight Extensions and User Controls. The Server libraries contain Silverlight Server Controls.
□ SDK Help — Help using and navigating the SDK
□ Tools — Contains several useful tools including a debug instance of the Silverlight client script file (silverlight.js) and an instance of the Silverlight 3 service reference proxy generation utility.
The Developer Runtime and SDK are the minimum requirements needed in order to build and package Silverlight 3 applications. Once you have that installed, you can use your favorite editor (such as Notepad) to begin creating Silverlight 3 applications.
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