Silverlight layout Best Practices

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I'm writing a fairly big interface using Silverlight. As I progress, the xaml file is getting fairly big and is becoming proportionally uglier.

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Are there any resources out there to make the xaml more readable? For example, how would I display the order of attributes (e.g. height and Width first) so that it looks the most tidy?
Another issue is that there are multiple ways to implement an interface with grids and stack panels. Is there a preferred approach when using one or the other?

I am looking for advice and links to other resources that can be used as examples.

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