Question

In WPF there are many ways to achieve the same thing. In this example which is better?

<ItemsControl>
    <ItemsControl.Template>
        <ControlTemplate>
            <ScrollViewer>
                <ItemsPresenter />
            </ScrollViewer>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </ItemsControl.Template>
</ItemsControl>

or

<ScrollViewer>
    <ItemsControl />
</ScrollViewer>

Answer 1

Until you actually -need- to template, don’t use templating. =)

That said, my highly personal rule of thumb is that if I’m repeating the same work more than two times (i.e., three and up) I probably need to template or implement some other lovely DRY principle.