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Predicate methods allow you to separate the criteria you're using to test items in a collection from the code that processes the collection. You may never write a For...Each loop again.
05/23/2013
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The IComparable interface lets you create objects that know how to sort themselves correctly. This interface also provides an example of a high-level strategy for building and extending your classes.
05/08/2013
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By Sam Nasr
An overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework application security utilities SN.exe, Dotfuscator and SignTool.exe.
05/07/2013
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Enumerated values make your code easier to read, especially when combining options using bit flags. Adding the Flags attribute to your enumeration is really just icing on the cake, but does give you more readable output.
05/07/2013
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Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Ultimate Edition) includes a new tool to help visualize code relationships, and it's worth your time to learn.
04/26/2013
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Even if you're not working in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, .NET provides you with a way to create a read-only collection or to convert an existing List into a read-only collection.
04/24/2013
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Xamarin, which specializes in building tools that let developers build mobile apps in C#, has taken that idea one step further with Xamarin.iOS.
04/19/2013
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Documenting your code is a critical part of development, but too many developers pay too little attention to proper commenting. C++ devs have a tool that can help.
04/04/2013
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Work item tagging allows you to add searchable "keywords" to individual work items in TFS.
04/01/2013
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Use the open source Nancy Web framework to expose a Web-based configuration UI for a Windows service.
03/20/2013
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Integrating your .NET line-of-business applications with SharePoint is easy to do and allows you to transfer a ton of work from your desk to your users' desks.
03/18/2013
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When you print out your code, you probably do it for a purpose; and it's not for the same purpose that you look at your code in the editor. Here's how to print your code to support why you're printing it.
03/14/2013
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Creating Lists in Visual Studio required an awful lot of CAML or some awkward work arounds—until SharePoint 2013 and Visual Studio 2012.
03/06/2013
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By Erik Bartlow
SQL Bulk Insert has been tuned over the years to work well with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of its power.
03/01/2013
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Peter Vogel returns to creating a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) router that loosely couple services with their clients. But this time he uses XML to configure his router rather than doing it in code.
02/26/2013
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The From keyword can be used with any collection that implements the IEnumerable interface (or has a GetEnumerator method).
02/21/2013
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One of the most significant updates is the introduction of a convention-based extension model, in which you can configure a set of naming conventions to allow MEF parts to be easily picked up by your application.
02/12/2013
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Mickey Gousset introduces you to unit testing SharePoint 2010 applications using the SharePoint Emulators.
02/08/2013
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Implementing design patterns in the Microsoft .NET Framework isn't all that hard to do; understanding what each pattern does for you and picking which one to use is the real issue.
02/04/2013
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By Greg Shackles
The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern is for more than just Microsoft .NET Framework projects. Find out how to apply it to Android development through its open source counterpart, MvvmCross.
02/02/2013
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Eric Vogel covers how to create a real-time Web data entry form with ASP.NET MVC, KnockOutJS and SignalR.
01/28/2013
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A meta-program is "executed" as the result of template instantiation (therefore, before compiled code is produced). Meta-program results are then compiled and merged into object code, including any back-end optimization.
01/25/2013
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In the first installment of app-building with SignalR, learn how to build a real-time chat application.
01/22/2013
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As developers, we tend to test code to make sure it works -- we feed in the results we wrote the code to handle. Microsoft has a tool, called Pex, that can do just that.
01/22/2013
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Workflows make it easy to do something that's very hard to do in any other development environment: Take action when something doesn't happen. Here's how to protect yourself when something's isn't happening in your Windows Workflows.
01/15/2013