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Two months ago I decided to upgrade to Windows 7 x64 (Beta build 7000) on my XPS M1730. Although I have had driver related issues I can report that I am completely satisfied with the change. There are a few little annoyances that I have come...
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About the exam The Technology Specialist (TS) exam 70-536: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0—Application Development Foundation is one of the core exams for all the .NET Framework 2.0 certifications. This exam tests your knowledge of Microsoft .NET...
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Microsoft Learning has introduced the new Visual Studio 2008 certifications, although these exams are still in beta or about to go into beta this is the roadmap ahead of you. Some of the exams are still in beta for the next few weeks if you are...
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The Equals method is used to determine equality of two objects, however the way it does this differs from reference an value type objects. For value type objects (structures) the actual values of the structure is compared, i.e. its state is compared. For reference type objects, equality is determined whether the two objects are pointing to the same object in memory, thus the actual state is not compared.
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System.Object defines the basic behaviour of all managed data types and thus all managed data types within the framework, be it a value or reference types. Every managed type inherits from System.Object, either directly or indirectly. A reference type (class) may inherit from another explicit class, however ultimately they all will inherit from System.Object.
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The different products on the shelf today with even more emerging that use workflow in one way or another. Information workers, developers and IT Pros are being bombarded with workflow technology and it is becoming difficult to choose which one to use...
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Strong names are needed should you want to add your assembly to the Global Assembly cache, or use tight version control when loading assemblies. This article shows you how to add a strong name to your project, and then walks you through how to find the...
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In nearly every application you write, you will need to use a collection and an iterate to loop through all items in the collection. Building a collection can be done by using arrays, collections and generic collections. You can also create a class and...
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The Sandcastle CTP release was released on Tuesday 2 Oct 2007, view the blog Announcing September 2007 Sandcastle Release post on the Sandcastle blog site. In a nutshell; Sandcastle is the tool to generates MSDN documentation form your .NET assemblies...
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OH My Greatness! Well done MS! Scott Guthrie announced today that Microsoft will be releasing the Source Code for .NET Framework Libraries. Read ScottGu's blog Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries . This is some awesome news...
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Abstract The .NET Garbage Collector (GC) provides high-speed allocation and de-allocation of memory on the heap. It is important that application abide by the simple rules set out, failure to do so will drastically impact the performance of the entire...
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When writing applications we need to interact with the operating system, platform and user interface environment to perform tasks. We may need to interact with the file system to create, read and write files. We may need to create either a web or windows...
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Abstract In order to use and develop in .NET, there are several topics that need to be understood as this foundation will allow you to understand the strategy behind .NET. This article aims to discuss an overview of the Common Language Runtime. Introduction...
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Abstract This post explains how reference or value type variables interact with the stack and the heap. A brief description of how the garbage collector reclaims memory from the stack is also described. Memory The common library runtime provides two memory...
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Abstract In the .NET framework all value types are structures which mean that they are initialized and reside on the stack. As structs they cannot be set to null and this may create a problem when dealing with databases where we do have nullable fields...
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I came across this awesome little utility written by Lutz Roeder which allows browsing of .NET assemblies. Reflector is thus a class browser for .NET components. It allows browsing and searching of metadata, IL instructions, resources and XML documentation...
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