.net, C# and programming (Page 4)

LINQ: Any vs Count Read in English

This post started from discussion on SO: Why LINQ method Any does not check Count? This article shows comparison of performance methods Any and Count = 0.

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Patterns: Specification Read in English

Specification pattern unites Domain-Driven Design, application architecture modeling and Entity Framework in C#. Specification pattern is designed to order business rules and connect our code to the business terms. This article shows an example of implementation with Entity Framework.

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Xml serializer - volatile api contract Read in English

Working with some API you expect that this API will stay stable and return the same type of result from call to call. But, sometimes it does not work this way. In the article I will tell about integration with SOAP-service and volatile contracts.

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Sleep well Read in English

How many ways to sleep a thread do you know?

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Debug enemy's code Read in English

I had several episodes in my .net development career, when I wanted to debug foreign code. The code, I have no sources access to, DLL only. Visual Studio has ability to debug code without sources.

This article is based on StackOverflow question where I tried to explain Unity behavior.

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