I am a total sucker for one-liners when it comes to writing code.

Few things are more satisfying when writing code than being able to express a non-trivial intent as a one-line statement. It’s elegant, it’s concise and it’s little code - which means little room for error, right?

Fortunately, programming for Windows Phone offers a couple of chances to write some of these beautiful one-liners, when it comes to performing Tasks like sending email, calling phone numbers or opening web sites. Operations that seem complicated at first glance, boil down to very simple statements. Here are a few examples.

Opening a Web Site

new WebBrowserTask { Uri = new Uri("http://www.wolfgang-ziegler.com/") }.Show();

Sending Email

new EmailComposeTask
{
  To = "[email protected]",
  Subject = "Windows Phone ...",
  Body = "... rocks!"
}.Show();

Calling a Phone Number

new PhoneCallTask { PhoneNumber = "555 123" }.Show();