stability tip for visual studio 2010 beta2 1

Posted by Karim on February 09, 2010

If you happen to be stuck using VS 2010 Beta2 for Silverlight 4 Beta development, and are experiencing crashes while editing or debugging C#, this quick tip is for you.

Disable the new Highlight References feature in
Options->Text Editor->C#->Advanced.

Options Dialog - Highlight References

Although handy, it was apparently one of the buggier features in Beta2. Thanks @pilchie.

debugging design-time exceptions

Posted by Karim on July 13, 2008

I just found an excellent tip from Peter Blois on debugging exceptions in blend. Many, many people have experienced this with controls that work perfectly at runtime but throw in the designer, to the point where most designers/integrators will build out in a seperate, throw-away project and paste the result into the real thing.

Good post, Pete!