Good way for experience WPF developer to learn Silverlight.

Question

I'm developer with WPF experiences, my next project will use Silverlight. I have read some of articles from internet (almost msdn and silverlight.net) and I think that it don't have much different. Anyway, I still have questions that I'm not sure.

1. What is different between WPF 4 and Silverlight 4? (I find article on msdn but its base on .NET framework 3.5)
2. Are there any resource for learning Silverlight that good for experience WPF developer?
3. Am I need a book on Silverlight?

Answer 1

I personally really like the course posted here:

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Silverlight4/

I don't know what you intend to develop using Silverlight. But it's a good start if you like to develop business applications using Silverlight.

Answer 2

1. WPF has hardware-accelerated full faceted 3D support
2. WPF has direct access to the full .NET framework
3. WPF can take full advantage of the hardware on the system.
4. Silverlight allows you to create a single app that works across browsers, operating systems.
5. You can use Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 development

For Books, I would recommend Silverlight Recipes and Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook.