As I wrote some days ago in the WPF Part 6, XamlPad is a good way to view the written XAML in real time. But I asked myself, if there are alternatives available:

As mentioned above, XamlPad is a good way to view your XAML code. But there are some disadvantages. Sometimes a better code highlighting, multiple tabs and an IntelliSense like input assistance would be very nice features. But I think, there will be tools available in the future (or are they already available?).

Now, I found two alternatives: The designated successor of XamlPad - XamlPadX - and a very great tool: Kaxaml. [...]

This article is a short introduction and overview of XamlPad and it's features. With XamlPad you can easily test your XAML code snippets at real time. Unlike the XAML designer in Visual Studio 2008, it's lightweight, very fast and thereby a great way to view the results of your GUI development. [...]