WCF RIA Services V1.0 (and V1.0 SP1) included a feature called "Live IntelliSense." Live IntelliSense is a feature that you probably didn't even know about, but you might also take it for granted. Some people do know about the feature though as it's caused a few problems, and those affected have had to disable it.
What is Live IntelliSense?The easiest way to define the feature is by giving an example of how it applies. Imagine the following steps are followed when using RIA Services:
Add a new DomainService class - call it CustomerService Within CustomerService, add a method: public IQueryable<Customer> GetCustomers() { . } Without building, open up a file within your Silverlight project and either A) start typing code, or B) open the Data Sources window You will find that CustomerContext is available, with a GetCustomersQuery method available (Live IntelliSense did this for you) ...
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