List out the Tools and Utilities to develop Rich Interactive Application on Microsoft platform
The recommendations should have some sort of direct relationship with either XAML or Silverlight/WPF and not the common .NET utilities.
- Expression Blend - XAML Development
- Expression Design - Graphic asset creation
- KaXaml, A cool and handy XAML editor http://www.kaxaml.com/
- Snoop a WPF tool http://snoopwpf.codeplex.com
- Mole WPF Visual Tree debugger
- Blender for 3D modeling http://www.blender.org/
- Silverlight Deepzoom composer
- SilverlightSpy - Suggested by @Bryant
- Adobe Illustrator to XAML export http://www.mikeswanson.com/xamlexport/
- ZAM 3D - 3D model/animation authoring tool; it also converts 3DS Max files to xaml suggested by @cplotts
Some other related questions:
- What tools do you use for WPF development
- How to speed up WPF programs? - has a list of related tools
SilverlightSpy is great for developing Silverlight apps.
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Helps you browse and/or analyze the WPF API (or any assembly).
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3D model/animation authoring tool; it also converts 3DS Max files to xaml.
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Is able to open ZAM 3D models and shoot them out as a image (png) sequence for flip book animation. I believe it also offers some Silverlight export options.
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Everyone needs a image editing tool whether it be Photoshop, Gimp, or this.
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This file editor handles large files xaml files well and it folds. This tool was a huge help when I was editing some big 3D model/animation xaml files.
I also want to say that I just stumbled across a debugger visualizer that is quick, lightweight ... nice to have alongside Mole and what it offers. Check this guy out: DepO
Finally, another StackOverflow post also covers this topic.
XamlPad (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742398.aspx) is great little XAML editor.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/189244/tools-to-develop-wpf-or-silverlight-applications