System.Xml.Linq is a great library, it lets us very easily manipulate XML, in very close fashion to how we would interact with other data sources. My only issue is that it tends to seem a little redundant...

C# 4.0: Dynamic Programming

by Paulo Morgado

The major feature of C# 4.0 is dynamic programming - not just dynamic typing, but dynamic in a broader sense, which means talking to anything that is not statically typed to be a .NET object.

C# 4.0: Dynamic’s compiler tricks

by StormySpike

So, I was curious today, I had some code that used dynamic and was wondering what the heck the compiler was doing on the back end. So, I wrote up a very small test program, and tore into it using Reflector. The version of Reflector I used still only decompiles to C# 3, so it [...]

C# 4.0: Named And Optional Arguments

by Paulo Morgado

As part of the co-evolution effort of C# and Visual Basic, C# 4.0 introduces Named and Optional Arguments.

Code Contracts in .NET 4.0 & its Internals

by Abhishek Sur

Code Contracts in .NET 4.0 & its Internals

Code Management on a budget

by Ritesh Ramesh

Code Management on a budget

Concurrent Collections with .NET 4.0

by Brij

Concurrent Collections with .NET 4.0

Content Controls and Open XML 2.0 SDK

by atverma

In this blog, I’ll focus on Content Controls and Open XML 2.0 SDK from the experience I gained in the last 2 months.

Convert Accented Characters to Simple Characters

by Martin Jarvis

How to convert accented characters to simple characters

CRUD Operation in ASP.NET MVC 4 and AngularJS

by Rajneesh Kumar Verma

This article will guide you to Create, Read, Update and Delete Data using Angular JS in ASP.NET MVC 4

CSS Friendly Menu Control in ASP.NET 4.0

by Abhijit Jana

CSS Friendly Menu Control in ASP.NET 4.0

Data-binding Among Complex Expressions in C#

by Adrian Alexander

Data-binding among complex expressions in C#

Download Files in ASP.NET

by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to download different types of files in asp.net

Duplex Service in WCF

by Md. Rashim Uddin

Duplex service in WCF

Embrace Reflection and Export Any List Collection to CSV

by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

Embrace reflection and export any List collection to CSV

Entity Framework and T4: Generating GetHashCode() for your entities

by Rui Jarimba

A simple Entity Framework T4 template that generates GetHashCode() method

Entity Framework Code First and WCF Data Services

by User 6619207

Entity Framework Code First and WCF Data Services

Error Condition: HttpException: maxRequestLength Exceeded. ASP.NET

by Amogh Natu

This post explains the cause and solution for the HttpException: maxRequestLength exceeded.

Exploring Web.config - system.web/httpModules

by Sky Sanders

Exploring Web.config - system.web/httpModules

Generating an MD5 Hash from a String Using LINQ

by Rion Williams

Generating an MD5 hash from a string using LINQ.

Generic Repository Pattern MVC

by Mayur V Lohite

Generic Repository Pattern MVC

Hands on Lab for Key Features Used in Silverlight/WPF Projects

by ManojKumar19

Hands on Lab for MVVM, Value Converter, XAML Binding, Delegate Command pattern, INotifyPropertyChange, Lambda Expression, LINQ etc. in Silverlight/WPF project

How Dynamic Language Runtime(DLR) Feature in .NET Framework 4 is a Boon for Debugging COM Objects

by atverma

How dynamic language runtime (DLR) festure in .NET Framework 4 is a book for debugging COM objects

How to host a service in Azure and expose using WCF and Visual Studio 2010: Issues Faced and Quick Fixes

by atverma

How to host a service in Azure and expose using WCF and Visual Studio 2010

How to Limit an Input Value to a Specific Range Using a Generic Extension Method

by Adam Zuckerman

A generic extension method that allows my program to limit an input to a specific range

How to test a class member that is not public using Visual Studio 2010

by atverma

How to test a class member that is not public using Visual Studio 2010

How to: Create a Date Picker Composite Control in ASP.NET (C#)

by Salmanzz

How to create a Date Picker Composite Control in ASP.NET (C#)

HTTPS Communication in WCF using Self-sign Certificate

by Md. Rashim Uddin

HTTPS Communication in WCF

Implementing Repository Pattern with EF4 POCO support

by Morshed Anwar

Implementing Repository Pattern with EF4 POCO support.

Implementing the GeoCoordinateWatcher as a Reactive Service

by Paulo Morgado

With Rx, events are first class citizens that can be passed around and composed as needed in a very simple way.

INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged in Real Life using Expression Trees

by atverma

INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged in Real Life using Expression Trees

Install SharePoint Online Management Shell on Client-Side

by piyush_singh

How to install SharePoint online management shell on client side

Introduction to Munq IOC Container for ASP.NET

by Matthew Dennis

This is the first in a series of articles about using the Munq DI IOC Container and IOC containers in general.

JQuery Confirm Box

by Christopher John Paul

JQuery Confirm Box is very simple, and it can be easily customized

Justin‘s VSTO Knowledge Base: 01, First VSTO Application

by izualx

First, let me introduce my development enviroment. I’m using Visual Studio 2010 with Office 2010 and all my VSTO applications are basing on VSTO 4.0 and .Net Framework 4.0. All my demo code is basing on them and if you are using VS 2008, you can port these code to VS2008 very easily.

Lambda Expression in C# 3.0

by Shakeel Iqbal

Lambda Expression is one of the best features of C# 3.0

LINQ Group By with NULL Database Values

by JasonShort

LINQ Group By with NULL database values

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct With The PredicateEqualityComparer

by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct With The PredicateEqualityComparer

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct with the SelectorEqualityComparer

by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct with the SelectorEqualityComparer

LINQ: Introducing The Skip Last Operators

by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Introducing The Skip Last Operators

LINQ: Single vs. First

by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Single vs. First

LINQ: Single vs. SingleOrDefault

by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Single vs SingleOrDefault

LINQPad Helps You Learn LINQ

by JasonShort

LINQPad helps you learn LINQ

Logging with dynamic objects in .NET 4.0 (part 1-n)

by erik_nl

Logging with dynamic objects in .NET 4.0 (part 1-n)

Logging with Dynamic Objects in .NET 4.0 (part 2-n) - User Interaction Logging

by erik_nl

Logging with dynamic objects in .NET 4.0 (part 2-n) - user interaction logging

Managed Extensibility Framework

by Andriy Buday

MEF is the Framework which allows you to load extensions to your application easily. It does discovery and composition of parts you need to be included in your application at run-time. You could extend your behavior simply by adding a new Plugin.

Map Data from Database Context to Excel Sheet using LINQ & Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

by Debopam Pal

Using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel library, you can bring your data from your database against LINQ query and store them into an Excel Sheet.

Much Improved .NET 4.0 WPF Text Rendering

by User 271009

Much improved .NET 4.0 WPF text rendering

Multiple Publishers - Multiple Subscribers Communication

by Ondrej_Uzovic

Simple example showing how to implement the communication scenario where subscribing applications can receive notification messages from more publishing applications.

MVVM using POCOs with .NET 4.0 and the DynamicViewModel Class

by Nikos Baxevanis

This post aims to provide a way to implement the Model View ViewModel (MVVM) architectural pattern using Plain Old CLR Objects (POCOs) while taking full advantage of .NET 4.0 DynamicObject Class.

Named and optional parameters in C# 4.0

by Farooq Kaiser

In this article, I will explore named and optional parameters in C# 4.0.

Nested GridView in ASP.NET using C#

by Debopam Pal

This example shows you how to create a nested GridView.

NuGet: How to Install a Package in 19 Easy Steps

by Ivan Krivyakov

How to install a NuGet package in 19 easy steps

Observable : Automatically Notify Property Owner When a Property is Changed

by Leung Yat Chun

Reduce the property declaration code to one line, yet still usable directly.

Observer in .NET 4.0 with IObserver(T)

by User 6619207

The IObservable(T) and IObserver(T) interfaces are part of base class library of .NET 4.0. It's great that there is now a out of the box solution to implement the observer pattern. This was overdue, because other languages provide classes to implement this pattern already since a long time.

OData Service using WCF Service

by Rajneesh Kumar Verma

Using OData and WCF Service and visualize result using LinqPad

Out and REF in C#

by Shivprasad koirala

This blog explains C# Out and REF parameters in detail.

Parallel Programming Easier than ever using .NET Framework 4

by Raymund Macaalay

Parallel programming is easier than ever using .NET Framework 4

Patch For ASP.NET Vulnerability Available

by Paulo Morgado

Patch For ASP.NET Vulnerability Available

Priority Queue in C# with the Help of Heap Data Structure

by Alexey Kurakin

This article describes generic priority queue implementation in C#, which uses min-heap as underlying storage.

Programming Windows Phone 7 – Hello World

by Sarath C

A simple Windows Phone 7 application

Publish-Subscribe Communication

by Ondrej_Uzovic

Simple example showing how to implement a communication scenario where one application sends notifications to other applications.

REST in WebApi

by tranthanhtu.vn

In "REST - Overview" article, I were introduced the basic rules in RESTful, Can you show me how to implement in WebApi?Ok, in this article, we will learn how to implement those rules in WebApi using C#.Where could I get sourcode was used in this article?Please checkout the code at https://github.com

RIA Services through Web Services

by Steve Maier

The same database and the same RIA Services can be used as a Web Service by using some simple additions to the setup of your project.

Select N+1 Problem – How to Decrease Your ORM Performance

by Gil Fink

This post will introduce the select N+1 pitfall and explain how to avoid it in Entity Framework.

Silverlight: How to Receive Messages from Desktop Application

by Ondrej_Uzovic

Simple example showing how Silverlight application can receive messages from a standalone desktop application

Silverlight: How to Send Message to Desktop Application

by Ondrej_Uzovic

Very simple example showing how to send a message from Silverlight application to standalone desktop application

Simple Steps to Enable Tracing in WCF

by Imran Abdul Ghani

Simple steps to enable tracing in WCF

SingleInstance(Of T) Class for Windows Phone 7

by Nikos Baxevanis

This post aims to provide a way to implement lazy initialization in a multi threaded environment using the SingleInstance(Of T) Class.

Small Sample of Using Code Contracts

by outcoldman

This is a small sample of using code contracts.

Solve Mongo DB Element Does Not Match Any Field or Property of Class

by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

Solve Mongo DB Element does not match any field or property of class

Speed Up Blocking Functions with PLINQ

by JasonShort

In this article, I want to cover a particular problem I have had many times over the years. How do you speed up multithreaded apps that are bound by blocking functions, or long running I/O operations?

State Design Pattern

by Salmanzz

State Design Pattern

Step Into .NET Framework 4.0 Source Code

by Arik Poznanski

How to configure your Visual Studio 2010 to step into the source code of .NET Framework 4.0.

Synchronization, Memory Visibility and Leaky Abstractions

by Pragmateek

Synchronization, Memory Visibility and Leaky Abstractions

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

by Pete O'Hanlon

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

The Entity Framework (v1 and v4) Deal Breaker: TPT Inheritance

by Sam Meacham

So what’s wrong with EF’s TPT inheritance? The SQL that EF generates. With some simple testing (2 or 3 subclasses) everything may appear to be fine. In fact, you may even be impressed that EF manages to fetch all the data you need in a single trip, indeed, in a single query.

The Evolution Of C#

by Paulo Morgado

The Evolution Of C#

The Stored Procedure Framework Now Supports Dynamic Fields within Multiple Recordsets

by dibley1973

The stored procedure framework now supports dynamic fields within multiple recordsets

The Truth About HttpHandlers and WebApi

by Jeffrey T. Fritz

HttpHandlers had their place, but going forward, I'm going to use WebAPI whenever I need to transmit data over HTTP to browsers or any other connected client.

TIP: Improve Readability with Shorter String.Format Statements

by Martin Jarvis

How to improve readability with shorter String.Format statements

UnCommon C# keywords - A Look

by Abhishek Sur

Some of both Documented and Undocumented Keywords that we dont use often like Check, StackAlloc, Fixed,default,@variables,Nullables, __arglist,__reftype etc are explained with simple examples

Undoing MVVM

by Pete O'Hanlon

Providing Undo/Redo across VMs (part 1 - simple properties)

Updating the Command Line Parser

by Martin Hinshelwood

Staring from the original Command Line Parser v1.0 code, I wanted to be able to add multiple commands, or even nest commands. The result is a nice simple commanding architecture conducive to creating multiple commands.

Using DirectoryInfoEx to Simplify ContextMenu Construction

by Leung Yat Chun

This post explains how to use ContextMenuHelperEx in DirectoryInfoEx to simplify ContextMenu construction under .NET 4.0 Framework.

Using MemoryCache in .NET 4.0

by Dinesh K Mandal

Using MemoryCache in .NET 4.0

Using the GeoCoordinateReactiveService

by Paulo Morgado

How it can be used in a simple application

Web Site Globalization With ASP.NET Routing

by Paulo Morgado

Web Site Globalization With ASP.NET Routing

WebAPI Follow-up... What About Protocol Buffers?

by Jeffrey T. Fritz

As a follow-up to my previous article about WebAPI, I received an interesting question from a friend on LinkedIn: Is there a way to emit data in Protobuf format?

Windows 7 Multitouch Application Development (Part - I)

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

In this post, I will discuss about developing a simple multitouch application using .NET 3.5 SP1.

WPF Enumeration Data Provider

by Stephen Brannan

WPF Enumeration Data Provider

WPF: Animate Visibility Property - Update

by Arik Poznanski

Back in this post I showed you how you can easily add a fade-in / fade-out effect to a UIElement that changes its Visibility property, using a simple attached property.Some people encountered a problem using this property when they bind the UIElement to a model which initially hides the control.

Writing a .NET Debugger (Part 3) – Symbol and Source Files

by Sebastian Solnica

How to load module debugging symbols (PDB files) into the debugger and how to bind them with source files

Writing a .NET Debugger (part 4) – Breakpoints

by Sebastian Solnica

Writing a .NET debugger – breakpoints