Windows Home Server + Tsunami Tidal: To the Family 2.0
During TechDays Portugal 2008, Microsoft Portugal and JP Sá Couto S.A., via its Tsunami brand, launched the first Portuguese machine with Windows Home Server: the Tsunami Tidal. To mark the event,...
View ArticleVisual Studio: Setting Up The Current Project And Run
When I’m building a demo solution I usually have several projects to demo different features. When I want to run one of the projects, I have to set it as the startup project (either in the Project menu...
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The Evolution Of C#
The first release of C# (C# 1.0) was all about building a new language for managed code that appealed, mostly, to C++ and Java programmers. The second release (C# 2.0) was mostly about adding what...
View ArticleC# 4.0: Covariance And Contravariance In Generics
C# 4.0 (and .NET 4.0) introduced covariance and contravariance to generic interfaces and delegates. But what is this variance thing? According to Wikipedia, in multilinear algebra and tensor analysis,...
View ArticleC# 4.0: Covariance And Contravariance In Generics Made Easy
In my last post, I went through what is variance in .NET 4.0 and C# 4.0 in a rather theoretical way. Now, I’m going to try to make it a bit more down to earth. Given: class Base { } class Derived :...
View ArticleC# 4.0: Named And Optional Arguments
As part of the co-evolution effort of C# and Visual Basic, C# 4.0 introduces Named and Optional Arguments. First of all, let’s clarify what are arguments and parameters: Method definition parameters...
View ArticleC# 4.0: Alternative To Optional Arguments
Like I mentioned in my last post, exposing publicly methods with optional arguments is a bad practice (that’s why C# has resisted to having it, until now). You might argument that your method or...
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C# 4.0: Dynamic Programming
The major feature of C# 4.0 is dynamic programming. Not just dynamic typing, but dynamic in broader sense, which means talking to anything that is not statically typed to be a .NET object. Dynamic...
View ArticleC# 4.0: COM Interop Improvements
Dynamic resolution as well as named and optional arguments greatly improve the experience of interoperating with COM APIs such as Office Automation Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs). But, in order to...
View ArticleTechDays 2010: What’s New On C# 4.0
I would like to thank those that attended my session at TechDays 2010 and I hope that I was able to pass the message of what’s new on C#. For those that didn’t attend (or did and want to review it),...
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