If you have ever written code that is going to be used as an API for other programmers, you may start to think about writing code in a different viewpoint from what you normally do. Most of us write code for the purpose of achieving a goal. If we practice writing elegant code, we are […]
Read MoreOne of the most overlooked tools in modern programming languages for producing elegant code is the enumeration. The enumeration is such a simple concept, yet it yields such a high return in both readability and usability of your code. The enum is able to eliminate the need for XML style comments for a parameter to […]
Read MoreI was recently asked to write a fairly simple piece of code.? In this simple piece of code, I didn?t handle a null input.? I was asked about what kinds of things I would consider about the input, and I pretty much knew what the asker was going after. What do you do if “null? […]
Read MoreI used to think commenting my code was the responsible thing to do. I used to think that I should have a comment for just about every line of code that I wrote. After my first read of Code Complete, my views changed pretty drastically. I began to value good names over comments. As my […]
Read MoreDon?t you just hate it when a class in the .NET Framework or another third-party library or framework provides that particular feature you?re looking for only to realize that this class has not been made accessible? One blatant example of this is the SqlCommandSet class in the System.Data.SqlClient namespace. One can use reflection in order […]
Read More{? Removed big long story about how I ended up writing this post which provides no value to the blog?} Summary of big long story to at least give a little context as to why (yet another post on optional parameters): I threw an idea out to the Moq discussion group of how we could […]
Read MoreA typical way for invoking a non-public method of a class is by using reflection. This can come in handy in a number of cases. One typical scenario that comes to mind is when the designers of the .NET Framework or another 3rd party framework decided to bury a class or a method as internal […]
Read MoreIf you attended the NETDUG user group meeting last night and would like to download the sample code for my Silverlight/WPF Multi-Targeting presentation, you can download it here. Recap: The Silverlight and WPF platforms are very similar, but they do not have binary compatibility; this means that an assembly compiled for one platform cannot execute […]
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