C# 3.x is exciting and deserving of the spotlight, but thousands of coders are in jobs still maintaining 1.x projects and just now getting up to speed on 2.0. Some haven’t had a chance to get hip to generics and anonymous delegates.

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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Desert Code Camp is a free, one-day event put on by the local Phoenix community to help promote software development. Code Camp will be held at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe. Check out the site to see a full list of the topics that will be presented. As part [...]

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This morning I needed to convert an array of integers to strings and I stumbled across this nice little Array.ConvertAll generics method. My example is quite simple, but this technique could be used for much more complicated explicit casting.

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int[] values = new int[]{1,2,3,4,5};
string[] strValues = Array.ConvertAll(values, new Converter(IntToString));
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public static string IntToString(int integer) [...]

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The publisher states: “Comprehensive exam prep study guide written by exam-certified authors -In-depth coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives–plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job -425+ practice and review questions -Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and post-assessment, and automated scoring and feedback -Complete objective-by-objective review section, [...]

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The Publisher states “Comprehensive study guide written by exam-certified authors - Deeper, more focused coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives-plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job - 425 practice questions on CD - Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and post-assessment, and automated scoring and feedback - [...]

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Today some of the C# / ASP.NET 2.0 code I created generated the following error “Circular file references are not allowed”.
After quite a bit of investigation, I realized that this was the result of how I had User Control’s organized within my website. For no good reason I was separating many of my user controls [...]

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