Archived Tip of the Day by Category

This page shows related tips of the day by category.  Not all of the tips are listed here - just the ones that fall into neat categories that have multiple tips.  For the complete list of tips, see the tip of the day category.

Application Lifecycle

• Persistent data and transient state 
• Launching and activating
• Deactivating

• Closing

Page Lifecycle

• Loaded vs. OnNavigatedTo

• The Constructor

Isolated Storage

• Using Isolated Storage
• IsolatedStorageSettings
• Persistent data and transient state

Navigation

• Navigating between pages
• Which UriKind to use when navigating
• Passing data between pages

• Good manners and the back button

Silverlight Toolkit

• Introduction
• Gestures
• Context menus
• DatePicker
• TimePicker
• ToggleSwitch

• WrapPanel

Network and data connections

• Detecting changes to the internet connection
• Checking for an internet connection

Marketplace Certification

• Application size
• Application start-up time

• Capabilities and the marketplace