Presentation at SOMD NUG – LINQ to SQL
Tomorrow I’ll be giving a presentation at Southern Maryland .NET User Group on LINQ to SQL. Details of the event can be found here: http://www.communitymegaphone.com/ShowEvent.aspx?EventID=1022....
Custom C# 3.0 LINQ Max Extension Method
The System.Core assembly in .NET 3.5 contains the main LINQ methods for dealing with objects such as the Max() extension method [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.linq.enumerable.max.aspx]. Like many of the LINQ extension methods, the Max() method has many overloads that allow you to do things like this: List<int> list = new List<int> { 1, 2, 17, 14, 21, 4 }; Console.WriteLine("Max: " + list.Max()); //<- "Max: 21" This is all well and good but what if you need to do something a...
C# 4.0 Optional Parameters
One of the new language features coming in C# 4.0 is Optional Parameters. In large part, this is due to Microsoft's plan of co-evolution with C# and VB.NET since VB.NET has had this feature for a while. Personally, I'm still somewhat undecided about this feature and there has been much written about method overloads versus optional parameters. For example, Considerations in Overloading Procedures [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e18yd02w.aspx]. Ultimately, I do think there will be some...
Verbal Graffiti
These days it is absolutely essential to have solid communication and presentation skills as a developer. This will serve you well whether you are presenting at conferences and users groups or professionally on a day-to-day basis communicating with managers and colleagues. I've given many presentations at developer user groups and code camps and I'm always looking for little ways to improve my presentations. Recently I picked up a copy of The Exceptional Presenter [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...
Code Sample for Visual Studio Magazine MVC Article
It turns out the code sample that was posted online for my MVC Visual Studio Magazine article [http://visualstudiomagazine.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2611] was an older version (based on a previous CTP). The latest version based on the MVC beta can be found here [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&DownloadId=3437] . Let me know if any problems....
