First Floor Software

Are you disposing your objects properly?

The managed Silverlight runtime includes a smart garbage collector reclaiming memory by getting rid of objects that are no longer used. This greatly simplifies the life of a Silverlight developer, but the garbage collector can't help you when you keep references to objects you don't need.

Are you certain you are properly disposing your unused objects? Not sure? Let Silverlight Spy help you. The latest release of Silverlight Spy contains a Performance Monitor, allowing you to monitor the memory usage of your Silverlight application. See the garbage collector in action using a familiar user interface.

The complete list of updates of the latest Silverlight Spy release:

• new Performance Monitor providing a real-time view of managed memory consumption
• improved UI element highlighting including performance enhancements

Silverlight Spy is available for free. Get your copy here!