Blend is a full-featured professional design tool used to create engaging and sophisticated user interfaces for .NET applications with minimal or no code. Whether you are a developer or a designer, Blend offers you capabilities to decrease the delivery time of your .NET applications.
This book is for Blend beginners. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
How to download and install blend
Set up the default environment for application development using Blend
Various tools and panels available in the latest version
Develop the "Hello World" application using Blend