VS.Net 2008 becoming more unstable as we speak.
I have recently updated with Silverlight 2.0 and Blend 2.0, I also had to downgrade from the Blend 2.5 preview version as it wont work with the current RTM’s. Last thing I installed was the Express Version of CodeRush (which I really love) and now VS.Net seems to be restarting itself a bit too often for my liking and I am really becoming annoyed with not being able to get the XAML view of some (not all) my Silverlight applications. Bizarro World! Apparently the XAML view problem is a VS.Net bug (something to do with styles in the app.xaml file), however it’s worth noting that I can see everything just fine in Blend. I also have Ruby In Steel installed and I did notice some wacky behaviour around that time as well. I really don’t want to do a rebuild, I will report back soon with whatever my research turns up.
Update: 13th November 2008
I removed the Ruby In Steel plugin for VS.Net and the visual XSD add-in, so far so good (for general stability in VS 2008) however I still don’t get a XAML Preview for a complex project with more than about 12 or so views (user controls).
