This weekend I posted 5 simple ways to reduce your code using Resharper (tips 1-5) [https://www.johnpapa.net/silverlight/5-easy-tips-to-reduce-and-refactor-your-code-with-resharper/] . I decided to follow that up with another set of 5 quick and easy tips, so here they go. Hopefully these tips will s

I’ve talked a lot about Resharper [http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/] features such as the Find Usages, live templates, and the instant code analysis. But I have not talked about some of the features that are not as prominent but I find especially helpful. So here are a few very simple tips for ho

When you work with Silverlight classic or for Windows Phone everyday like I do, you get used writing code that helps you get back on the UI thread when needed. > I was chatting with Jeff Wilcox about threading and I tossed this code at him, as Jeff also has a SmartDispatcher class [http://www.

This week on Silverlight TV [http://jpapa.me/sltv47]: Performance is always a critical topic in development, especially when it comes to a mobile device. Jeff Wilcox shares several performance tips and dives deep into how he made the ProgressBar perform even better. Jeff retemplated the ProgressBar

Today is one of my favorite days of the year. It’s one of the 4 days when we welcome the newly awarded (and some re-awarded) Silverlight MVPs. This quarter we added 8 new people to the Silverlight MVP program from all over the world. I’ve also added all of these new MVPs to my Silverlight MVP Twitte