Can anyone recommend a Silverlight 2 book?

Question

Even though Silverlight2 is still in it's infancy, can anyone recommend a book to get started with? One that has more of a developer focus than a designer one?

Answer 1

I have this one pre-ordered: "Programming Silverlight 2" by Jesse Liberty and Tim Heuer. The authors are both employed by Microsoft working on Silverlight 2, and their blogs are great, so I expect the book (to be released after RTM) to be up to date.

Answer 2

I've started reading Silverlight 2 in Action which seems pretty ok. One good thing is that because they have an early access program, you can get most of the book as an electronic copy already now. Even though the full book is not due to be released until sometime in October.

Answer 3

A lot of the books available are simply a rehash of the help files. Your best bet would be to start at silverlight.net and read the Help files that get installed with the SDK. Then when Jesse Liberty's book is released read that.