Phew! If you've made it this far you are now a virtual expert on the controls included in Silverlight 2.0 beta 1. Hopefully you've found this information helpful and informative, and as you start making decisions to build "real world" Silverlight applications this information will give you the confidence you need to effectively evaluate the new platform. Silverlight still has a ways to go to be on par with mature platforms like WinForms and ASP.NET, but clearly it is making-up ground quickly.

A complete set of UI components is essential to making any development platform a productive environment, and beta 1 finally moves Silverlight closer to "development ready." Whether or not the current state is enough for your needs is obviously up to you to determine, but with this article under your belt, your choice should be a lot clearer.