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I came to write a code looking like this: Then I stepped back a bit and thought: OnNavigatedTo is an event, and its return type can’t be changed from void. Therefore, is there a point in awaiting the last asynchronous call of the method, as this will provide no information at all to the caller? Would it result in a useless call to the dispatcher, just to execute an empty callback? Actually, is the compiler smart enough to detect this case and remove the seemingly useless await? Understanding what’s going on How to figure out whether the last await call has any impact? Let’s say I add some code atRead More →

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When used to install various extensions and beta SDKs on your development machine, it often occurs that Visual Studio starts acting erratically, even to the point of stopping working. Sometimes, the workaround can be easily found by browsing through specialized websites, sometimes it can be much harder because you’re lacking information on the precise issue. That’s when trying to debug your IDE can help putting you in the right direction. I encountered such situation today, so I thought it would be interesting to share the few steps I had to go through. The symptoms It all started when trying to create my first Windows 10 project onRead More →