Tech Ed 2008 Day Three - DEV486 C# tips and tricks

Speakers: Jeremy Boyd, John Daniel Trask

• PPTplex
• Enum class to replace

  T blah = (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);
  

  with

  var blah = Enum.Parse(value);
  

  See EnumHelper using generics to reduce casting
• Codeplex
• Umbrella
• Utilities.NET
• IDesign.NET - FormHost
• Fluent Interfaces E.g. 3.March(2003)
• Extension Methods
• static methods in a static class
• Link Bridge
• IEnumerable Extensions

  Foreach(Person person in _nodes.OfType<x>(Person)) {}
  
  using(TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope())
  {
  }
  

• Invariance Checking
• Object Initializer E.g. new DataTable{CaseSensitive=false};