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Getting Started with Silverlight

Follow the steps below to get started with Ribbit for Silverlight. First, you will need to:

  1. Sign up as a Ribbit developer
  2. Register an application
  3. Create users
  4. Authorize two-legged authentication for your application
  5. Install Ribbit for Silverlight on your Development Machine
  6. Incorporate Ribbit for Silverlight controls into your application

If you run into any difficulties, visit http://developer.ribbit.com for support resources including our Getting Started Guide, FAQs, and forums.

Step 1: Sign up as a Ribbit developer

The first step in getting started is to visit the Ribbit Developer Center and sign up for a Ribbit developer account.

Step 2: Register an application

Once you've signed up as a developer, register your applications with the Ribbit developer portal.  To do this select MyApps and choose Start an App Each application you register has its own unique settings, security keys, and user lists.

Your Ribbit-enabled applications will need to specify account ID, application ID, domain, and consumer key settings. Make a note of these values when registering your application, or return to the developer portal any time to look them up.

Step 3: Create users

Once you've registered an application with Ribbit, you can add users for the application using the Ribbit Developer Center. Each user you authorize will be sent an activation email to which they will need to respond. You can also create a Purpose Number for each of your users through the developer portal.

Step 4: Authorize two-legged authentication for your app

Your application needs to have two-legged authentication enabled to use Ribbit from Silverlight. To do so, you need to first download the Kermit test console web application from the Developer Center to your local machine, and then invoke it from your browser. Using Kermit, sign in, retrieve the settings for your application, and set the two-legged authentication option to true.  See Getting Started Using Kermit for more details.

Step 5: Install Ribbit for Silverlight on your development machine

If you haven't already done so, download and install the Ribbit for Silverlight SDK and Silverlight Controls on your development machine. Prerequisite software you need includes the .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 or later, and Silverlight 3.

Step 6: Incorporate Ribbit for Silverlight controls into your app

After completing the previous steps you are ready to start using Ribbit for Silverlight controls in your application. Review the samples and this documentation to learn how.