Casts using “as” (Pitfalls and Best Practices to Prevent Them #5)(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Well – “as” is faster to type than a “real” cast using two brackets and has the same result. Really? read more...

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(Code-) Contracts as a part of the type system?(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Contracts? What are Contracts? And why are they reputed to be concerned with the type system? Aren’t they just injected into the executable? Is there maybe “more” behind them? And how should they really be used? Read this post for clarification. read more...

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No Interface without Contract? – Part 6: Object Invariants(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Object invariants are a kind of postconditions which apply to all members. How to formulate them using Code Contracts? read more...

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Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) – Part 6: InteractingViewModel(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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How to show ViewModels (Windows) from other ViewModels? This post gives an answer which pays attention to parent/child relations. read more...

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Performance Comparisons (a Helper Class)(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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A little but handy helper class to run (small) performance tests. read more...

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Distinguish between overloaded methods in XML-Comments(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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This posting shows how to distinguish between overloaded methods in XML-Comments. read more...

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Pitfalls and Best Practices to prevent them: Object Finalizers(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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A posting talking about the wrong usage of object finalizers (also known as "destructors"). read more...

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[WPF] Hide the “Window Buttons” (minimize, restore and close)(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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This posting shows a way to hide the "Window Buttons" (or application menu) of a WPF Window. read more...

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No Interface Without Contract? – Using Microsoft Code Contracts(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Part 5 of the series "No interface without contract?" which introduces Microsoft Code Contracts. This parts helps us getting started using Microsoft Code Contracts. read more...

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No Interface Without Contract? – Writing down Pre- and Postconditions(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Part 4 of the series "No interface without contract?" which introduces Microsoft Code Contracts. This part compares five ways of writing down pre- and postconditions. read more...

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Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) – Part 5 of n: IUserInterface(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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This post gives a simple solution to the problem how to abstract the user interface in MVVM-applications. read more...

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No Interface Without Contract? – Finding Pre- and Postconditions(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Part 3 of the series "No interface without contract?" which introduces Microsoft Code Contracts. This part is about pre- and postconditions of a sample class which will be used by further parts. read more...

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Ban string literals from your code!(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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This post explains why string literals in code can be evil and how to reduce the number of them. read more...

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No interface without contract? – About Pre- and Postconditions(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Part 1 of the series "No interface without contract?" which introduces Microsoft Code Contracts. This part introduces the idea of pre- and postconditions. read more...

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Pitfalls and Best Practices to prevent them: this and base(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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A post about the difference between this and base. read more...

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No interface without contract? – Why plain interfaces aren’t enough(winsharp93.wordpress.com)

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Part 1 of the series "No interface without contract?" which introduces Microsoft Code Contracts. This part talks about the fundamentals why to use something like Code Contracts. read more...

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