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Have you noticed this function in C# 2.0

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:01:02 GMT

This is really weird, I've been using C# 2.0 since beta 2, and I didn't notice this function in List class Consider the following code.

Interview questions for C# job [part 1]

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:31:01 GMT

This is a long list with questions that you may be asked at C# job interview (with answers). Enjoy

Charlie Calvert's Community Blog : Optimizing C# String Performance

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:01:01 GMT

Some good tips. Some are common sense, some are optimization methods.

Organizing Unit Tests and Projects With Solution Folders

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:31:02 GMT

Rather than letting the alphabetical nature of the Solution Explorer drive my naming conventions, I will typically toss my tests in a separate Solutions Folder that separates it from the rest of the core code, etc.

Help Create a Free, World-wide Online C# and .NET Reference

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:31:01 GMT

Use and contribute to this wiki-based ASP.NET, C#, and .NET resource. There are new Spanish and German versions of the site!

The Law of Demeter and Testability

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:01:02 GMT

This post looks at the relationship Testability has with the Law of Demeter.

Get flying with Isolated Storage in C#

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:01:01 GMT

Isolated Storage is a place on the disk where your .NET application always has write permissions. That makes it ideal for applications that need to store information such as settings or XML without first asking for permission. Application types such as ClickOnce or non-installable applications would benefit hugely from this capability.

C# object arrays BinarySearch, Sort and IComparer

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:01:01 GMT

Looking at some basic examples to getting some decent features of object arrays working in .net 1.1

Managing collections with functors

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:31:02 GMT

An easy way of working with collections using the new features of C# 2.0.

.NET - Serialization

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:31:03 GMT

This article deals with the BinaryFormatter and SoapFormatter classes in the .NET Framework, and gives an example of how you might serialize a custom object

C# Equivalent of SQL Coalesce

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:31:01 GMT

This blog post describes the use of the null coalescing operator.

Do more with a DataTable and improve performance

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:31:02 GMT

There are some features in the System.Data.DataTable class that a lot of developers doesn't utilize. I base that statement on different code samples I've seen on blogs and article bases during the last couple of years. Some of these features can improve the performance.

MSDN Article - Model View Presenter

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:31:01 GMT

An article by Jean-Paul Boodhoo on Model View Presenter - published in MSDN magazine.

Have you stopped beating your dog yet?

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:31:01 GMT

Dave Schmitt, Microsoft evangelist posts his responses to a list of questions about .NET from someone obviously in favour of J2EE

Inheritance Versus Interfaces

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:01:07 GMT

This article describes the advantages of using interfaces over inheritance and how to create a plug and play component in .NET using an interface.

The Dark Side Of Declaritive DataBinding

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:25:01 GMT

The first article in a series that will discuss the pitfalls of the traditional declaritive databinding approaches that are touted at many demos/presentations etc. Over the course of the series, techniques and practices will be introduced to allow for more confidence and robustness in your databinding scenarios.

Learn C# 3.0 in 7 digestable pieces

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:57:01 GMT

Sahil has broke the new C# 3.0 down into 7 digestable small peices. 5 minutes each, a good definition of what each item is, alongwith what they mean.

Handling Dynamic Business Rules

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:05:01 GMT

Short intro, that discusses the topic of how to manage business rules that can change in the domain layer.

Validation In The Domain Layer - Take Two

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:57:01 GMT

A continuation on how to perform validation in the domain layer. This article discusses moving validation onto a layer supertype, so that all domain objects have validation at their disposal.

Automating Your Builds With NAnt - Part 8 (CruiseControl)

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:17:01 GMT

Ever wondered how to go about setting up a repository and a cruise control installation to automate the building of your project? Check out this commercial-free, 1hr screencast that demonstrates from start to finish, how you place your code under version control and how you can get an automated build process working with Cruise Control .Net.

The IHttpHandler and IHttpModule Interfaces

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:21:01 GMT

Take a look at how you can utlize these powerful, yet highly underused interfaces to solve problems that people often solve by unecessarily building full blown web pages.

Unlock files/folders with ease

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:45:02 GMT

Ever been developing a web app, and you wanted to delete a folder but you couldn't because some process had a lock on it. Instead of hunting down and manually trying to determine what process is maintaining the lock; you can utilize Unlocker to remove the lock for you without any guessing required!!

HOWTO: AJAX.NET and C#

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:01:01 GMT

Doing something useful with Ajax and C#.

Applied Test Driven Development For Web Applications - Part 1

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:09:01 GMT

In this series of articles you will learn about how to go about practically applying Test Driven Development to the creation of a moderately complex web application. During the process you will learn all sorts of new and interesting techniques that you can take with you and apply to the development of your own web applications.

FileHelpers - Strong type your flat files with two lines of code

Mon, 29 May 2006 11:33:01 GMT

The FileHelpers are an automatic file Import/Export framework for .NET that allows you to import data into your code as a typed data structure and then export it back. Basically it can be used to read/write data from files with fixed length or delimited records. Also it has support for importing/exporting data from different data storages (Excel, Acces, SQL Server). Is perfect for parsing CSV files.