My Windows Phone App Wishlist

I love my Windows Phone, but the one thing that still needs improvement is the number of ‘big name’ apps available when compared to iOS and Android. This is a list of the ones that would make my day, in no particular order. I realize that there are apps for some of these, but I’m looking for official apps for the site/product.

  • Verizon FiOS DVR Manager
  • Verizon FiOS on Demand
  • Fidelity
  • US Airways
  • Amazon Cloud Drive
  • Amazon Cloud Player
  • Google+
  • Gmail
  • Google Reader
  • Angry Birds Seasons
  • Angry Birds Rio
  • NPR
  • Sportsline Fantasy Football
  • Sportsline Fantasy Baseball
  • Stack Overflow
  • WatchESPN
  • Audible – I’m hearing March 2012 rumors on this one.
  • Dropbox
  • Box
  • Instapaper
  • Tumblr
  • Posterous
  • 7 Wonders (1, 2 & 3)
  • Worms
  • A good Bocce game

What do you think? Let’s see your lists.

 

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C# + ReSharper = Awesome: Tip #1 – To Automatic Property

This is the first in a series of quick how-to posts on ReSharper. I love ReSharper. It is a tool that I use every day and don’t really realize how much I rely on it until I use a machine without ReSharper installed.

Tip #1 – To Automatic Property

Use: If a public property does not contain any logic, it can be converted to an auto-property, removing the corresponding private field and replacing usages of the private field.

Before
        private string _name;
        public string Name
        {
            get { return _name; }
            set { _name = value; }
        }

        public void CheckName()
        {
            if (_name == "Dark Side of the Moon")
                Console.WriteLine("Awesome");
        }

Place your cursor on the Name property and…

Press <Alt-Enter>

image

After
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public void CheckName()
        {
            if (Name == "Dark Side of the Moon")
                Console.WriteLine("Awesome");
        }

Happy coding!

 

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