Something I just saw for the first time is a Microsoft C# sample application called DynamicQuery. This allows you to enter part of a LINQ query as a string. If you have Visual Studio 2008 installed, you can find the samples in this directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Samples\1033. Then extract the file CSharpSamples.zip. The […]
Read MoreIf you are wondering what is prompting this post, it is the fact that on my last post I got schooled by Jeff Brown of Bits-in-Motion. Jeff is also one of the minds behind Gallio and MBUnit. You can only hope to be told you are completely wrong by such a guy. He was very […]
Read MoreHere is a simplified example of how the functional programming style of Linq has impacted the way I would do a DDD service implementation.
Read MoreI’m boning up on my LINQ to SQL skills again for a presentation I’m giving for Boise Code Camp. One cool little tool I’ve been exposed to recently is LINQPad. LINQPad is a great little tool for messing around with LINQ to SQL queries and testing ideas. Point LINQPad at a SQL Server database and […]
Read MoreIn this episode of the Elegant Code Cast, we visit with Elegant Coder Chris Brandsma. Chris is a senior developer at Mobile Data Force in Boise, Idaho. Chris provides some great details on subjects ranging from AJAX and RIA separation of concerns to LINQ and Lambda expressions. He also gives us a glimpse of what […]
Read MoreOK, sometimes you have an idea that is one point (seemingly) brilliant, simple, and kind of stupid all in one shot. This is one of those. Actually, I’m still trying to figure out if this is really a good idea or not — and what better way to do that than to post the idea […]
Read MoreI had a requirement for a search page that allowed for CSV download.? My web site is built using SubSonic, so I had to recreate that age old code to turn a domain collection into a flat file export.?? First note: I wrote this in a couple of hours.? Most of the coding took 30 […]
Read MoreC# 3.0 will be hitting the shelves in a matter of weeks, and with it a host of new features. Features that are grounded on features already in C# 2.0. Skip to the facts: if you don’t understand generics and anonymous delegates (and ergo predicates) you are not going to understand C# 3.0 as well […]
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