C# Tutorials & Articles
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An Introduction To F# Type Providers
by Keith BattocchiType Providers are a new core feature in F# 3.0, the latest version of F# released with Visual Studio 2012. Keith Battocchi investigates.
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An Introduction to testing with the Model-View-Presenter pattern for Web Forms Development
by S. Ravi KiranIn this article, Ravi introduces the Model-View-Presenter pattern for Web Forms development, and how it compares to MVC. Then he demonstrates how to get started with it, by creating a page in a test-driven fashion
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5 Things You Should Know About Developing Windows 8 Apps with C#
byIn this article, Martin Beeby highlights five new features of Windows 8 that developers should know about.
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Handling Page Orientation in Windows Phone 7
by Dan MaharryWindows Phones, as with other small form factor devices, are able to deal with both landscape and portrait modes. In this article, based on Chapter 10 of Windows Phone 7 in Action the authors explain how a Silverlight page declares its supported orientations.
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Taking the Single Responsibility Principle Seriously
by Ralf WestphalIn this article Ralf Westphal invesigates the Single Responsibility Principle, what it means in real-world scenarios and how that may translate into code
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An Introduction To Practical AOP Using PostSharp
by Brady GasterIn this article, Brady Gaster introduces the concept of Aspect Oriented Programming and how it can reduce code smells in your work. He uses PostSharp to refactor out logging, timing, transaction and GUI update code into separate and automatically executing Aspects
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An Introduction To FSharpx
by Dan MohlDan Mohl introduces FSharpx, a community-driven, open source set of extensions for the F# language
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Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN Part 3: Testing Asynchronous AJAX Calls
by Yann TrevinConcluding his look at combining MbUnit and Watin to produce clean web integration tests, Yann Trevin looks at testing asynchronous calls
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Pattern Matching in F# Part 1 : Out of the Box
by Jessica KerrIn the first of a two part series, Jessica Kerr examines and demonstrates the powerful built-in pattern matching functionality in F# and reveals there's a lot more to it than a C# switch statement or a regular expression
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Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN Part 1: Keeping Your Tests Legible
by Yann TrevinGallio, MbUnit and WatiN are a good choice of tools for writing web integration tests. Not only are they powerful tools but they allow us to write much cleaner and more concise tests than you might think. In this article we'll see exactly how clean and concise you can get.
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Deploying An Azure Application
by John MannixFollowing on from our look at the four main pieces of Windows Azure in “Introduction to Windows Azure”, John Mannix runs us through the development of an Azure application in C# and its deployment into the cloud.
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From C# to F#: A Developer's Perspective
by Dave ThomasLearn the key differences between the C# and F# languages and some of the concepts that functional languages lead you to think about.
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Learn F# Programming
by Ted Neward and Jessica KerrProviding both leading-edge functional programming and familiar object-oriented capabilities, F# gives the developer more power to solve problems -- all in fewer lines of code, thanks to succinct syntax.
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LINQ to log files
by Jon SkeetRunning LINQ queries over databases gets all the limelight, but Jon Skeet reminds us of it's possibilities over object graphs too.
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First class functions in JavaScript
by Ian ElliotIan Elliot continues to mine for hidden information relating to JavaScript.
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Deep C# - avoiding race conditions
by Mike JamesMike James explores the perils of multi-threading and explores ways of staying safe in a multi-core environment.
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Rails: an introduction
by Kevin JonesEver wondered what “Rails” is all about? Kevin Jones explains what it is and why it's important.
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Documentation made easy with C# and XML
by Mike JamesOf course you want to document your code, but how many of us do? Mike James thinks that coding and documenting can go hand-in-hand.
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Pointers on pointers
by Mike JamesMike James discusses pointers, and concludes that they are often unsafe and generally best avoided.
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Automate web application UI testing with Selenium
by Sing LiTesting web applications is a problem, but Sing Li thinks the solution might be easier than you think with Selenium.