I've answered this 2x in the past week, so I think it's a worthy point to bring up. When implementing generic interface IEnumerable<>, you'll need to implement both IEnumerable<>.GetEnumerator() and IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() as IEnumerable<> inherits IEnumerable. Otherwise, you'll...

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I thought it would be cool to put together a countdown to the release of ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed , by Stephen Walther, on June 9, 2006. So, I created the below dynamic image. Cool, huh? Now here's the code to the above countdown image. <% @ Page Language ="C#" %> <% @ Import Namespace...

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Some people may not know that .NET 2.0 provides APIs for accessing everything in a configuration file. The most common question I see relates to accessing the mail settings in the system.net node programmatically. C# using System.Configuration; using System.Web.Configuration; using System.Net.Configuration;...

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I'm working on a tough web site debugging issue, and somebody sent me the below link to Tess's blog. It is the best debug blog I've ever seen. If broken it is, fix it you should...

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Let's say for instance, you want to create a List of your own class, say Employee, where Employee represents an employee. First, we'll start by creating an employee class. [ Serializable ] public class Employee { private bool m_IsSalaried; private int m_Age; private string m_Email; private string m_Name;...

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Today I came across an interesting blog entry debating the use of prefixing m_ to a variable name when naming private member variables. I feel that if there was a standard, we would all be following it. IMO, if you develop a decent coding standard, you should be able to create code that reads like a...

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If you have a .NET 1.x project and are thinking about upgrading it to 2.0, take a look at Breaking Changes in .NET 2.0 Framework first, as there is a comprehensive listing of changes that could break your application upon upgrade....

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I came across a thread on one of my lists today in which somebody was having problems running 2 different versions of the FreeTextBox assembly in the same /bin directory. The answer to this one is pretty simple. You need to install all versions of the assembly with the GAC (Global Assembly Cache). To...

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