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Euler Problem 14: Learn to Memoize

This is going to be fun. It’s a bit of LINQ, a bit of academic Computer Science, and a bit of meteorology. Euler Problem 14 concerns a sequence referred to as hailstorm numbers. Hailstorm number...

Posted 04 February 2010 03:48 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, C# General, DevCenterPosts, Euler

VS2010 Beta 2, Release dates, and More

You probably noticed that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 was released for download today (for MSDN subscribers). The general release will be Wednesday (Oct 21). I’ve had limited time (obviously) to work...

Posted 19 October 2009 01:39 PM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, upcoming attractions, C# General, Azure

Long time, no Euler (or YAEPS # 13)

Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve taken the time to solve and blog about one of the Euler problems.  It was time to pick this up again. Problem 13 says: Work out the first 10 digits of the sum...

Posted 25 August 2009 11:15 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, C# General, DevCenterPosts, Euler

Elevate: SRT Solutions first Open Source Project

Chris Marinos started Elevate as a learning time project at SRT Solutions.  It’s still very young, but it’s already very useful to me. Chris wrote a great introductory post on the library, which is...

Posted 19 August 2009 08:29 AM by wwagner | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: SRT Solutions, LINQ, C#, C# General

Book Review: Essential LINQ

During my recent vacation, I read the final print version of Essential LINQ , by Charlie Calvert and Dinesh Kulkarni. Normally, I try to answer the question, “Who should read this book?” That answer eluded...

Posted 13 July 2009 11:08 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, C#, books, C# General, DevCenterPosts, BookReviews

LINQ IQueryable toolkit available on CodePlex

Matt Warren has put the IQueryable toolkit on CodePlex .  I’m excited about this for a number of reasons. I’ve commented before about how much I’ve learned reading Matt’s posts about building an IQueryProvider...

Posted 23 November 2008 04:12 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, C#, C# General

Q & A on last post (Duck Typing)

My last post on duck typing generated this question:   I have a question regarding your recent post about Duck Typing and anonymous type scope in C# 4.0.  Does this now open up the possibility...

Posted 13 November 2008 10:49 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, C#, C# General

Another item from More Effective C# Posted on InformIT

Today, the fine folks at InformIT posted another item from More Effective C# for you to learn more about the style and the content from the book: Item 29: Enhance Constructed Generic Types with Extension...

Posted 28 October 2008 02:06 AM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Effective C#, LINQ, Me, C#, C# General

Extension Methods and Null Arguments

A little while ago, I did a DNR TV on C# 3.0 . During that, I talked about preserving null semantics when  you write extension methods.  I made the point that you should never test if the first...

Posted 26 October 2008 01:00 PM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Effective C#, LINQ, C#, C# General, DevCenterPosts

More Effective C# available now

Today is the official release date for More Effective C# . Writing a book may seem to be a solitary activity, but nothing could be further from the truth. I have been lucky enough to work with fantastic...

Posted 17 October 2008 05:00 PM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Effective C#, LINQ, Me, C#, books, C# General

Clarifying my comments on Previous Post

My last post generated valid criticisms from readers. Let’s clarify and correct that. Keith Elder commented: I got the impression reading your post that you "skimmed" my article and didn't...

Posted 11 October 2008 03:21 PM by wwagner | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, C# General

Creating Readable LINQ

Keith Elder wrote a post a post asserting (or at least proposing) that a more imperative syntax for a problem is more readable than a LINQ based C# 3.0 version. (See here for his post). Well, that got...

Posted 10 October 2008 12:40 AM by wwagner | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, local interest, C# General

Paul Kimmel interviews me about C#, LINQ, and writing books

Paul Kimmel spent some time over the summer chatting with me about More Effective C# , LINQ, upcoming C# features, and the process of writing books. It's live here: http://www.informit.com/articles...

Posted 06 October 2008 08:06 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, Me, C#, C# General

DNR TV on C# 3.0 is live

Last week, I recorded a DNR TV with Carl Franklin discussing C# 3.0 extension methods, local type inference and some of the best practices that revolve around those parts of the languages. It's up...

Posted 29 September 2008 12:23 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: LINQ, Me, C#, C# General

Euler Problem 10

Patrick posted his solution earlier this week. I figure it was time to add mine. Also, Octavio Hernandez pointed out in the comments to problem 8 that he had discussed similar code constructs in his blog...

Posted 31 August 2008 01:05 PM by wwagner | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: LINQ, C#, .NET General, C# General, DevCenterPosts, Euler