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I've used Python a decent amount in the past. I enjoy the language and I've taught the language to non-computer science students at Kent State University. There are plenty of things that I really love about that language. I could write plenty of blog
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In the past the C# language obtained a new feature allowing it to declare variables as type "var". It didn't really do any dynamic typing though. For the most part the var is just there for developer convenience. Some people have complained about this
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I think it is a great idea to always be reading code. You may learn more than you intend to sometimes. Read an article to learn one trick and you may learn a completely different one. Earlier today I was reading some code written by Steve Smith . He wrote
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I recently wrote an article for C# beginners in which I explain the differences between value types and reference types in C# . It was published on ASP Alliance today. If you're new to C# or are even a little fuzzy on these concepts, I recommend you check
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Since Visual Studio 2008 came out I've been extremely impressed with the software. One shortcut which I believe probably exists in CodeRush and Resharper is the ability to find the using directive needed at any given time. in VS2008 you can press ctrl
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While writing some code earlier today I needed to return from within a using statement. Doing these sorts of things always makes me appreciate the using statement and how wonderful it really is, so I decided to write about it here. As many of you know
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Earlier today I was looking for a good reference outlining the differences between structs and classes in C#. I wanted a refresher on the subject, because I've been doing a reasonable amount of teaching lately. At Lake Quincy Media we have hired a couple
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Earlier today I posted about a Recursive Find Control Extension Method . I was informed recently by Steve Smith that I should check out the generic find control method which Aaron Robson has on his blog . He has some pretty nice methods there, so I just
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So one of the most useful methods for ASP.NET development that never seems to be included in ASP.NET is a recursive find control method. This problem results from the standard FindControl method on controls only searching within that control. It only
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I regularly meet with a group of my college friends with whom I studied Computer Science. While at a great local bar we have plenty of interesting computer-related conversations. A lot of .NET developers probably spend most of their time discussing technical
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I read an interesting little post about a Try Except Performance Test Using Python written by Patrick Altman . As he mentioned, I have also had discussions with people about this exact topic in the past plenty of times. He was testing the performance
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I read an interesting blog post from Joydip Kanjilal where he described an interesting little trick with interfaces . I, being a bit of a fan of interfaces, read the post and thought I'd throw my $0.02 in also. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to talk
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I've recently written a beginner's article explaining what partial classes are and how to use them. My Partial Classes Tutorial walks you through how how partial classes work, how to create partial classes, when one would use partial classes, and a few
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Someone just commented on my C# interfaces article on ASP Alliance asking an interesting question, and I figure I will respond to it here since I can give a better response here. I don't want to clutter the article comments. Also I can add nifty cool
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I recently authored an article for ASP Alliance in which I describe the basics of how interfaces work and how to use and create them in C# . I tried not to describe in great detail exactly how everything works, because that will prevent beginners from
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