In this walkthrough, you will see how to convert an existing ASP.NET/jQuery application that consumes data from a WCF service to Silverlight.
Source: The Visual Basic Team
Here are some topics that we will cover:
1. How to use the Visual Studio 2010 Silverlight Designer
2. XAML and Silverlight control concepts
3. How WCF services can be integrated into Silverlight applications
4. Silverlight data binding techniques
5. How to make asynchronous calls to services
6. How to work with cross domain services
7. Similarities between ASP.NET and Silverlight applications