"We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals" -- Stonecutter's creed Consider for a moment, if you will, the humble Boolean. Taking only two possible values, it is the most basic of all the data types we programmers
C#
A collection of 7 posts
Property Access Modifiers in Whidbey
Ooh, this is great news: http://nxopinion.robertsoninstitute.org/blogs/rcecil/archive/2004/11/11/167.aspx It's a little thing, to be sure, but I often find myself wanting to make a setter internal or private while leaving the
A Generic Sorter For Strongly-Typed Collections
Late last night I was doing some development work on a website for our investment club. I had a strongly-typed collection of "Stock" objects, and wanted to be able to sort them on any parameter (StockName, SharePrice, Volume,
Custom Email Publisher for Microsoft Exception Management Application Block
I've finally taken the time to have a good look at the MS Exception Management Application Block and I like what I see - I wish I'd incorporated it into my apps years ago instead of hardcoding ugly inflexible exception
C# Code Formatted As HTML
I was just scouring the web for a tool that would convert my C# code into neatly-formatted HTML, and found exactly what I was looking for at Jean-Claude Manoli's website. A splash of colour has made a world of
Is My String Empty? Some C# Performance Metrics
Update (25/02/2006) - Hey, we now have String.IsNullOrEmpty, you know! What's the quickest way, in C#, to test whether a string is empty? This is a question which came to my mind yesterday. I've always been
Inheriting From BaseValidator to Make Custom Validation Controls
For months now, I've been desperate for a decent excuse to make a custom ASP.NET server control, so I was secretly pleased today when a CustomValidator originally coded for use on a single page was required elsewhere. It's surprisingly