With processors set to scale at the CPU level instead of the Mhz level, wouldn't it be great if you could write some code like: StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(); foreach (MyObj o in collection) async { output.Append(doSomethingHard(o)); } and have the compiler spawn a couple threads to...

I stumbled across an interesting conversation on Jeff's(I am not speaking in the third person, this Jeff ) blog. Like any other time, I have plenty to say on the matter.... Microsoft (via FxCop) suggests that you don't expose List<T> via public members. I think the reasons I have heard...

I stumbled across an interesting conversation on Jeff's(I am not speaking in the third person, this Jeff ) blog. Like any other time, I have plenty to say on the matter.... Microsoft (via FxCop) suggests that you don't expose List<T> via public members. I think the reasons I have heard...

With processors set to scale at the CPU level instead of the Mhz level, wouldn't it be great if you could write some code like: StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(); foreach (MyObj o in collection) { string val; async { val = doSomethingHard(o); } sync { output.Append(val); } } and have the...

In my current code, I find myself accessing many Sharepoint web services. In one run of code I can access 5-6 different web services on dozens of different sites, not necessarily even on the same server. Given that I find myself writing a lot of boilerplate code looking like this: using (SiteData siteDataWS...

I'm a big fan of .NET Generics. In fact, I can't believe I lived without them in .NET 1.1. Generics are pretty much the most powerful feature for C# 2.0. They allow you to define type safe data structures. They give a huge boost in performance, and they allow us to move away from DataTables and DataSets...

Conception using generics and reflection of a search engine to index and search content in your business entities without being intrusive. Introduction Today, one of the functionality that almost all web sites implements is a method to index content and give it users the possibility to search that content...

Conception using generics and reflection of a search engine to index and search content in your business entities without being intrusive. Part 1 is available following this link Indexing and searching business entities using Lucene.Net Framework, part 1 Lucene.Net presentation Lucene.Net is an open...

Conception using generics and reflection of a search engine to index and search content in your business entities without being intrusive. Part 1 and 2 are available following those links Indexing and searching business entities using Lucene.Net Framework, part 1 Indexing and searching business entities...