C# features – LINQ primer 
				

				
	April 30, 2009 |
	by Geoff 


                                

					Language INtegrated Query (LINQ) adds extensions to the .NET framework which provide a domain specific language for querying and transforming collections right within C# (or VB for that matter). It provides syntax similar to other 4GL querying languages such as SQL, HQL or even OQL.
Below is a simple test case showing how to do LINQ [...]

					
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					C# features – question mark syntax 
				

				
	April 28, 2009 |
	by Geoff 


                                

					Some recent project work in C# unearthed a few grains of syntactic sugar which I thought deserved a quick post. Not necessarily because they are ground breaking discoveries, but more because I found it difficult to find information via the usual channels (google) and wanted to share. I think the poor information discovery is a [...]

					
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					You got mono! 
				

				
	May 25, 2008 |
	by Geoff 


                                

					One of our recent projects has a .NET backend (with a JavaScript frontend). As we use macs for our dev platform, this means dual booting or using parallels in order to fire up Visual Studio to work on and debug the backend using the embedded ASP.NET server … until now.
The other day, out of curiosity, [...]

					
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