Author: Anders Abel

Do you Care About Your Code?


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A true master craftsman of any profession takes pride in doing a great work. A masterpiece is recognized by the combination of a great total impression and worked out details. Most programmers tend to think that their latest code is a masterpiece. I even went as far as starting this blog, to show off all… Continue reading Do you Care About Your Code?

Simplify Syntax with Extension Methods

Extension methods were first introduced with LINQ in C#3.0. They are just a syntactic construct, but as we’ll see in this post they can make a huge difference. What’s easier to read of these two? string[] wishList1 = Enumerable.ToArray( Enumerable.Select(Enumerable.Where(Animals, a => a.StartsWith("A")), a => string.Format("I want a {0}.", a)));   string[] wishList2 = Animals.Where(a… Continue reading Simplify Syntax with Extension Methods

Introducing Ads

Since I started this blog about six months ago the number of visitors has grown for each month. I now have about the same number of weekly visitors as I used to have per month. Geographically there are readers from all over the world. There have been visitors from  about 100 different countries. I’m of… Continue reading Introducing Ads

Happy 3 million questions Stack Overflow!

My favorite source of inspiration and knowledge on the Internet, Stack Overflow has passed a major landmark: 3 000 000 questions. If anyone has missed it, Stack Overflow is the largest question and answer site on the Internet for programmers. To me, Stack Overflow is a major source of inspiration and knowledge. It’s far too easy to… Continue reading Happy 3 million questions Stack Overflow!