Tag Archives: C#

Mads Torgersen & Dustin Campbell Part 2

Part 2 of my discussion with Mads and Dustin on what’s new in C# 11 with a focus on when application developers will use the new features.

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C# 11 with Mads Torgersen & Dustin Campbell Part 1

Joined today by Mads and Dustin to discuss what’s new in C# 11 with a focus on when application developers will use the new features.

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Why Novice Programmers Can Be Confused

Programming is not easy. It is made particularly difficult by legitimate statements such as these from a Xamarin.Forms project: This can be followed by If the first line doesn’t kill you then the last ones will.

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Don’t Miss Mads Torgersen on C# 8 and 9

A few weeks back we had Mads Torgersen on Yet Another Podcast. It is too good and too important to miss.

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C# Coding Standards

Let’s face it, most coding standards are arbitrary. The key to a successful project, however, is not which standards you follow, but that you are consistent. Here is a partial list of the C# coding standards my team uses and … Continue reading

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C# 8 Nullable Types

I recently released a two-part course on C# 8. The first part is for beginning programmers. The second part is for intermediate to advanced programmers. This post is the first in a series that focuses on the new features in … Continue reading

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C# 8 From Novice To Expert Part 2: Intermediate & Advanced

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C# 8 From Novice to Expert – Part 1 Released to Udemy

Part 1 assumes no prior programming experience. Click here

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Yet Another Podcast #15 – Ian Griffiths

Talking with Ian Griffiths about C#, Async and much more.  Plurasight Programming C# Async CTP Listen | Return to Yet Another Podcast Call in comments:  1-347-YAP-CAST

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Tutorial: Objective-C, C#, Xaml

[ Link to First Tutorial ] While there is much you can “pick up as you go” if you are an Objective-C programmer, understanding some of the fundamental differences in C# can save you a great deal of time and … Continue reading

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Giving away Programming C# 4 – one per week…

If you’d like a free copy of Programming C# 4 direct from O’Reilly, just leave a comment… Continue reading

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Programmer Superstitions

There are a number of practices that we engage in –– no, that we cling to, and defend, and teach to others,  – that amount to magical thinking, or at best, rational failure. This is often just fine, no harm … Continue reading

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