In this series of articles, I'm going to go through some of the mistakes I frequently see people making who are attempting to write benchmarks in C#. But before we get into the mistakes, I suppose I should introduce myself and define the term...

How to filter entity collections automatically in Entity Framework Code First

Occasionally it is necessary for a .NET program to activate a window that belongs to a separate application. The facility to set the foreground window is not available through the .NET base class library but is possible using Platform Invocation Services.

Quick article on some dabbling I've been doing with the latest version of Signlar. Very cool tech and provides an easy to follow github solution to get you up and running with a basic publishing hub

In this article, we will be exploring the newish REPL interactive mode, script packs, and many other cool features of ScriptCS.

While building a REST API in .NET has always been possible, simply due to the fact that .NET has always supported HTTP, there hasn't been any out-of-the-box way to easily do so. But REST assured (pun intended) .NET continuously evolves, and as of ASP .NET MVC 4 there is a built-in way to easily crea...

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ScriptCS allows you to use C# as a scripting language. It harnesses the power of Roslyn and NuGet to enable you to write .NET applications with your favorite editor.

Split a string and take qualified and escaped values into account. For example, split on commas outside of quoted substrings.

Fixed-width data files are an alternative to comma-separated values (CSV) for storing and sharing tabular data. The information in a fixed-width data set tends to use more storage or bandwidth than CSV but is more readable to humans.

I have been on a queueing kick lately, and have been looking for a software as a service provider that offers a queuing system in the cloud. The first obvious choices were: Windows Azure Service Bus and Amazon Simple Queue Service. I would most likely choose Windows Azure, just due to the fact that ...

Recently I had to evaluate what were my options when it comes to managing folders and files in an ASP.NET MVC project – a file manager somewhat like what a Content Management System does but I needed something way simpler and intuitive and principally of easy integration. Read on to discover the ext...

The article shows how to utilize async/await feature which comes with .NET 4.5, to easily implement finite-state machine pattern.

I have been seeing a lot of calls for speakers to submit their abstracts to various conferences lately. This got me wondering what it takes to get a session proposal accepted.