I am currently enjoying real benefits from an ASP.Net 2.0 feature, called Web Resources, in a project that I am working on. So why not blog about it? However, unlike my usual dissertation-length blogs, this one is going to have to be more about how to get-in, use the feature, and get out.   When looking-over the HTML generated by ...

A common .NET-related design question that I get is when to define events in your application code; (usually worded something like this, ''when would I ever do this?'') As a trend, I have noticed that developers tend to become familiar with consuming events defined by the class library after having used C# or VB.Net for just a short ...

I am teaching a .NET class this week, and the attendees are a technical and enthusiastic bunch which makes things fun for me (thanks SIG!!) Today we got into a discussion about the anonymous methods feature of C# 2.0. Due to their interest, and mine, I got an opportunity to write more involved demo code on the topic then I usually do. Following is ...

Executable entry point methods in managed code (e.g. Main in C# or VB.Net) should be very simple. As an example, this Main is too complex and should be simplified. class MyApp {    public static void Main() {       Application.Run(new MyForm()); // MyForm is a ...

I wish that this blog entry was about “Monad”.   “Monad” is a new command shell that Microsoft is working on. The shell is built with managed code and is more featured, by far, then CMD.exe. One feature of Monad that I look forward to is the ability to extend the shell with my own managed code extensions called ...

I started this blog entry planning to explain exactly what happens when an exception is thrown from, or otherwise escapes a finally block in your code. I planned to explain in painful detail exactly what the runtime does in all of the various cases, with the goal of concluding (with substantial proof, I might add) that a finally block that throws ...