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Three different items from More Effective C# have been posted publicly on the InformIT site: Item 36:  Understand how Query Expressions Map to Method Calls . Linq is built on two concepts: A query language and a translation from that query language to a set of methods.” Item 44: Prefer Storing Expression<>...

Scott Hanselman posted a survey (one little question) on what features do you use in the .NET framework: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SurveyTimeWhatNETFrameworkFeaturesDoYouUse.aspx On the off chance that one of my two readers haven't heard of Scott Hanselman, go respond.

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 a while back. Problem 10 asks for the sum of all primes less than 2 million. It's also one line...

My last Lightning Talk should how you can mix constructor calls and object initializers. It's a useful technique that can keep you from writing too much code you don't need. To see what I mean, start with this simple person class: 1: class Person 2: { 3: public string FirstName 4: { 5: get; 6...

Dave Donaldson asks " Do you write software at homer like you do at work? " Dave wonders if we use the same discipline writing software at home (for our own use) that we do at work. I think the question is great, but I'm concerned about those developers that answer yes without thinking...

Jeff Beehler wrote this post clarifying some questions on VSTS licensing as it relates to build environments. There is a common misconception (that I shared) that your build machine needed a licensed copy of VSTS team developer. In fact, that's not correct. Jeff's bottom line is refreshing in...

Yup, it's that time of year. My MVP award was renewed, as was my RD status. Both are prestigious awards that represent contributions to the technical community around various products. In addition, Patrick Steele, one of our senior consultants re-joins the MVP ranks . Totally cool.

I read this on Scott Guthrie's blog early this afternoon. This is absolutely fantastic. Instead of all that time in Reflector, wondering what something does, where the method works, or why it was implemented, we'll have actual source code. If you look at Scott's blog post (especially the...