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Create Elegant Code With Anonymous Methods, Iterators, And Partial Classes

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:39:00 GMT

Fans of the C# language will find much to like in Visual C#® 2005. Visual Studio® 2005 brings a wealth of exciting new features to C#, such as generics, iterators, partial classes, and anonymous methods. While generics is the most talked-about feature, especially among C++ developers who are familiar with templates, the other new features are equally important additions to your Microsoft .NET development arsenal as well. These important features and language additions will improve your overall productivity compared to the first version of C#, leaving you to write cleaner code faster.

Programming Office Applications Using Visual C#

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:16:00 GMT

Learn about issues Visual C# developers must be aware of when using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office to create Word and Excel applications, including how to work with VBA-focused methods and properties. See examples comparing Visual Basic code with Visual C# code.

Commonly Used .NET Coding Patterns in CodeDom

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:39:00 GMT

This article outlines a library of CodeDom templates of commonly used coding practices in .NET. The CLR and other .NET code contain many recurring patterns. As these patterns appear in code, they may also appear in CodeDom, yet generating these patterns requires lot of work, which is quite repetitive.

Single-Instance C# Application - for .NET 2.0

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:44:00 GMT

A single-instance application is one that allows the user to open only one instance at a time. Strictly speaking, a second instance is started, but it detects the presence of the first instance, and shuts itself down. Visual Studio 2005 makes single-instance applications very easy. In VB, one simply checks a box on the project settings dialog, then handles the appropriate events. The code that accomplishes this is in the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace, but it can be used in a C# application. This article will show how to do this, and show how to transfer command-line arguments from the second instance to the original one.

The Expression Designers: Graphic, Interactive, Web

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:39:00 GMT

Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer CTP has been released.

ASP .NET Sitemap Macro

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:32:29 GMT

A macro from K Scott Allen for Visual Studio to walk through an ASP .NET project and create a web.sitemap file.

Test-Driven Development in .NET - Introduction & Unit Tests

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:01:00 GMT

Introduction to Test-Driven Development in .NET.

Web Applications: N-Tier vs. N-Layer

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:01:00 GMT

One of the best posts presenting the pro's AND con's of layers and tiers in an application. Additionally gives some solid references to external resources.