Expression Studio 2 Beta + Silverlight 2 Beta 1
I’m not sure if xBlend 2.5 was announced recently, but I happened to see it in one of the slides from the Mix08 keynote, thanks to Long.
Expression Blend 2.5 March Preview supports Silverlight 2 Beta 1, and SL2B1 has a lot more WPF UI Elements in it. For me, this is really exciting, because I really didn’t want to be creating buttons, list boxes, etc. If I’m going to create a control, it isn’t going to be a ‘fundamental’ control. Before now, Silverlight 1.1/2 to me was awesome, but pointlessly tedious to develop.
Apart from that exciting news, Expression Studio 2 Beta has been released! The biggest thing that stands out for me is xWeb2 now has PHP Support! That’s a huge step in the right direction, and seemed to be one of the biggest complaints at Remix last year.
xBlend 2.5 was announced and released today
Phew, I wasn’t totally out of the loop. Thanks for clarifying Nick