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Great. &nbsp;That was my understanding too. &nbsp;Thans for confirming.
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Great.  That was my understanding too.  Thans for confirming.

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Hi,<br />
I am new to the visual studio environment and would like to know the difference between visual web developer and silverlight. &nbsp;If I learn visual web development, will that help make silverlight applications... I am confused as to what each of these products do and how they relate to each other. &nbsp;<br />
Thanks
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Hi,
I am new to the visual studio environment and would like to know the difference between visual web developer and silverlight.  If I learn visual web development, will that help make silverlight applications... I am confused as to what each of these products do and how they relate to each other.  
Thanks

Difference between visual web developer and silverlight in visual studio

Most development for the Microsoft platform is done utilizing the technologies supported by the.NET framework. Other development is done using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for programs like Access, Excel, Word and Outlook, with PowerShell for scripting, or with SQL for large databases.