by Marius Gheorghe
13. October 2011 10:48
- don't use ZUNE for deployment. Use WPConnect (a tool which comes with the SDK. You'll find it in \Windows Phone\v7.1\tools\wpconnect). It's much lighter than Zune and it also allows you to debug launchers/choosers.
- don't close the emulator. Never.
- learn the difference between pivot/panorama and use them accordingly (if it helps think of the pivot as a tab control).
- it's a good idea to not hardcode colors and use the accent color (for instance where you want to "highlight" a specific text).
- make sure you test your app in both themes.
- think of the navigation flow of the app. Remove pages from the navigation stack when it doesn't make sense for the user to "get back" with the back key.
- fast, Fast, FAST. I can't stress so important is to have a app which feels fast.
- the JPG decoder is faster than PNG. Consider this when choosing the format of images for splash screen, backgrounds etc.
- make sure you understand the difference between "content" and "resource" when dealing with app resources.
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