Dinesh at beyondrelational.com has a detailed post on creating a basic Silverlight application using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Microsoft has shown a huge commitment to Silverlight and though most developers will be well aware of it I think there is still a lot of value in pointing to basic tutorials for students or professionals who are not yet actually involved in programming applications with it. Redmond has an outstanding tool in Silverlight and if you would like to help yourself stay relevant in the business in the future you would do well to educate yourself on this part of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite.