#WP7Dev: Application performance and tuning

When it comes to optimising the performance of your Windows Phone 7 application there are lots of things that can be done.

Firstly, ensure you understand best practices:

• Watch this video (form Channel 9) : Inside Windows Phone #03: Optimizing Windows Phone Silverlight Applications
• Read this White Paper: Performance Considerations in Applications for Windows Phone
• Read the performance tips on the Windows Phone 7 Development Best Practices Wiki

Secondly, use the available tools to analyse your apps before releasing them:

• Enable the peformance category CODE_ANALYSIS ruleset in Visual Studio (but only if you have Premium or Ultimate edition).
• Try the profiler in Silverlight Spy (4.0) (works with the emulator)
• Try the profiler from EQATEC

Thirdly, add analytics to your app to understand how it's used and any issues users are actually having:

• Try the one from EQATEC
• or the one from PreEmptive

Got any other tips?