Silverlight 4 Arrives, New Silverlight Facebook App Available

Last week, Microsoft released Silverlight 4, the latest version of the development platform which allows developers to create rich, interactive experiences for the web. Used for everything from online video, entertainment and media to enterprise-ready business applications, and soon arriving to the mobile world in the new Windows Phone 7 handsets, Silverlight is showing up in more places than ever these days.

Along with the release, the gorgeous Silverlight Client for Facebook, a great desktop-based Facebook application, has also been updated work with Silverlight 4. If you’re running the older version, you should uninstall it first prior to upgrade.

Developers in need of resources for Silverlight 4 should check out the following tools (courtesy of Tim Heuer):

• Download the bits
• Understanding what is in the bits
• RIA Services
• Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools
• VS2008 and VS2010 on same machine
• Other resources

To learn more, see the complete Silverlight 4 guide here or just read about what's new.