October 2008 - Posts

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C# 4.0 - Named and Optional Parameters - Behind the Scenes by podwysocki

In my previous post , I talked very briefly about both named and option parameters. Now, I'd like to go a little deeper into the subject to see what this looks like underneath the covers. As before, we'll look at the limitations as well that we faced...
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Named and Optional Arguments in C# 4.0 by podwysocki

Many interesting news is coming from PDC this week. Part of the announcements was around Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 CTP. Microsoft has made available, a Virtual PC Image preloaded with Visual Studio. You can download the preview information...
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KaizenConf - Functional Programming – Is it a game changer? by podwysocki

Next week at the "Continuous Improvement in Software Development Conference" (KaizenConf), I will be giving a session called "Functional Programming - Is it a game changer?". In this discussion, I'll cover the basics of functional programming, moving...
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DC ALT.NET 10/2008 Recap - A Look at Kanban Software Development by podwysocki

Thanks to everyone who came out to the DC ALT.NET meeting on "A Look at Kanban Software Development" with Linda Cook. This was a great discussion about Kanban and continuous improvement with Lean Software Development techniques. Linda shared her experiences...
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Reminder - DC ALT.NET - 10/21/2008 - A Look at Kanban Software Development by podwysocki

Just as a reminder, the October meeting for DC ALT.NET will be on October 21st, 2008 from 7-9PM. Check the DC ALT.NET site and our mailing list for continuing updates and future meetings. This month, Linda Cook will be presenting "A Look at Kanban Software...
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Functional .NET - Fighting Friction in the BCL with Directory.GetFiles by podwysocki

Very recently on a project, I was having significant issues with System.IO.Directory.GetFiles, in which I was getting an access denied message which prevented further crawling of certain directories. The performance issue was another issue that was detrimental...
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Functional C# - Implementing Async Computations in C# by podwysocki

Update: Removed Internal Constructor constraint on AsyncBuilder. As I covered earlier in my post Functional .NET - LINQ or Language Integrated Monads , I talked about using asynchronous computation expressions (monads) from C# 3.0. Brian McNamara , of...
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Functional .NET - LINQ or Language Integrated Monads? by podwysocki

As part of my talk at the Richmond Code Camp earlier in October, I had the opportunity to talk about how to implement functional aspects in C# 3.0. This talk revolved around such concepts as from mutable to immutable, from inheritance to functional composition...
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Richmond Code Camp 2008.2 - Functional C# Recap by podwysocki

Thanks to everyone who attended my session "Functional C# or how I lost the foreach and learned to love LINQ". This is still an ongoing passion of mine that I hope to expand upon in the upcoming posts. Some of these topics include favoring functional...
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ASP.NET MVC with NHaml - F# Edition by podwysocki

As part of some of my adventures with F#, I've seen a lot of interesting things coming from others with regards to SharePoint, ASP.NET and other technologies. This had me thinking of any possibilities and ramifications of using F# with ASP.NET MVC. Was...
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