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Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Category Archives: CSharp
Murach’s C# 2005
You may have noticed on the Now Reading list in the sidebar that I am reading Murach’s C# 2005, an update on their older C# book. I got [..]
Operator Overloading
While reading the chapter that covers operator overloading in Murach’s C#, I got confused on a rather simple question that I would have expected to be covered. I [..]
Todays C# Lesson
I was working on Exercise 12-1 in Murach’s C# book and learned a few things: You will get a warning if you have an & in the XML [..]
I Modified GeSHi’s C# File
As noted before, to post code in WordPress, I use the ig:Syntax Hiliter plugin. It uses the GeSHi engine. I recently decided to modify the way it colors [..]
Murach’s C# (2002/2003 Edition) Exercise 9-2
I was working on Exercise 9-2 in Murach’s C# and came across a problem that may be beyond the scope of what they wanted solved. The idea was [..]
Readonly vs. Const
I recently learned about the readonly keyword for C# and had problems understanding the differance between that and const with which I was already familure. Then I found [..]
MSDN Webcasts
Microsoft offers a cool resource. This MSDN Webcasts page offers webcasts geared to Hobbyist Developers. Older webcasts are offered via a video download. They offer webcasts for a [..]
Murach’s C# 2005 Does Cover Generics
I posted a while ago I wasn’t sure if Murach’s C# 2005 covered generics with the other 2005 improvements to C#. I guess had I looked at their [..]
Murach’s C# Book to be Updated June 1st
I just noticed that Murach’s C# 2005 is due to be out June 1st. This will be a very needed update to the current great book Murach’s C#. [..]
Lean SQL Server
One of the important things to learn with programming is good database design and implementation. To that end Microsoft has released some videos recently to learn SQL Server. [..]
C# Passing by Vale vs Passing by Reference
Deitel’s Visual C# 2005 How to Program (2nd Edition) (How to Program) was showing in Figure 7.18 and 7.19 (pages 308 to 309) the difference between passing a [..]
C#’s XML Comments/Documentation
As I noted in a previous post, I am a strong believer in well commented code. I recently learned of XML comments in C# code to aid in [..]
To Use #Region Directives or Not
There seems to be a large debate on if the #region/#endregion directives are worth anything. Neither Visual C# 2005 How to Program (2nd Edition) (How to Program), nor [..]
Visual Studio Express News
Visual Studio Express was to be free for 1 year from November 7th. Microsoft has had a change of heart, and has made it free forever (story). That [..]
Palindromes and Remainder
Another exercise from the highly recommended Visual C# 2005 How to Program (2nd Edition) (How to Program). I am not going to cover the application at this time, [..]
We Sell Books via Amazon
It looks like Sara and I are not the only ones buying stuff from Amazon via this site. A huge big thank you to everyone who, when buying [..]
2nd Edition Deitel C# Book Finally Out
The 2nd Edition of Deitel’s C# book is finally out. More in the post itself… Read more
November Books:
Second time reposting this… seems after upgrading to the new version, it won’t let me make the links use my associate ID and using another person’s associate ID. [..]
Guidelines, a hidden feature for the Visual Studio editor
I discovered this little gem today, which helps me keep the code I write to an 80 character limit: Guidelines, a hidden feature for the Visual Studio editor. [..]
The DailyWord Jumps ship… again
My, The DailyWord program has jumped ship again. This time from Visual Basic .Net to C# and the .Net 2.0 platform. My enjoyment of learning C# grows and [..]