Still getting through all our news from last week and PDC, so please bear with us – normal up to date transmission will resume in the coming days <g>

The release of the Silverlight Toolkit on Codeplex deserves a mention.

The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

Source: Codeplex

Interestingly the project has four quality bands, from Experimental up to Mature. There’s nothing currently in the Mature band, but give it a few weeks and you’ll see that change.

The project also has a Themes section. Very cool.

Download the latest release here.