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Method to Copy Data Between Objects of Different Types

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:37:30 GMT

One thing that I find tiresome when using the various Model/View patterns is the constant copying of data between the model and the view. This is the first post in a series on a possible easier way to do this. In this post I write a method that copies the data from one interface to another based on the names and types of the properties. Over the next few posts, I will extend the code to use generics and extension methods.

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

Build visual studio documentation from code comments using Sandcastle

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:31:02 GMT

This article describes how to build help files using Sandcastle and code comment tags and how to integrate the help files into the visual studio help system.

Exploring C# 3.0

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:13:49 GMT

Many of the compiler changes in C# 3.0 were driven by Language Integrated Query (LINQ), but the changes to C# 3.0 are important in their own right because they can enhance your code tremendously.

C# Debugging Improvements for VS 2008 SP1- Part 1

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:04:38 GMT

Over the past few months I have been busy closing VS 2008 and working on some fixes for SP1. We have enabled some key debugging scenarios in C# in VS 2008 SP1, they include support for Range Variables in Queries & Anonymous Types Generic Type arguments Covering all of them was making the post long so i am going to discuss Range variables this time and continue on with the other 2 in the next post.

Debugging C# 3.0 Part II

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:15:22 GMT

In the last article I covered the "results view" for lazy evaluated collections like Queries/Enumerable and the use of extension methods in the watch and immediate window. For completeness I will cover stepping, range variables, anonymous types and Xlinq support and this will lead us into the SP1 work for debugging.

SQL Server 2008 June CTP now available!

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:46:01 GMT

Preview upcoming Releases: SQL Server 2008 June CTP now available!

How to host an ASP.NET Web Service Outside of IIS

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:01:01 GMT

WSE 3 enables ASP.NET Web services to be hosted in console applications, Windows services, COM+ components, or Windows Forms applications and then to be called using the TCP protocol or any custom transport protocol written for WSE.