Virtual Static Void

Framework Proliferation

These days, .net developers are certainly spoilt for choice. There are so many useful frameworks out there, that it has become difficult to decide which one to use. Also, getting to grips with each one requires concerted effort and time to fully understand the pros and cons. Just take for example ORM frameworks, aside from the many Open Source implementations there are a plethora of commercial ones too. In my quest to evaluate as many open source frameworks, I found the How-To-Select website, which...

Switching on Enums

Having read Jared Parsons blog entry on Switching on Types , I was inspired to follow on with a class that switches on enumerated values. This is achievable using a regular switch, but this approach seems more elegant. The expected usage as follows: // given enumeration public enum HoldingField { Holding, BookValue, MarketValue, EffectiveExposure, } ... // code to extract result from respective property of "h" decimal result = 0m; EnumSwitch.Do ( HoldingField, EnumSwitch.Case(HoldingField...

.net Revolution?

I've been wanting to post something of this nature, but I guess my literary skills aren't quite as well honed as the author of the Ride Out the .NET Programming Revolution article on FTPOnline. It sums up some of what I'd been thinking about .net and programming in general. In addition to the enhancements and paradigm shifts found in WPF, WCF and LINQ, I can't help wondering whether the simpler more mundane tasks programmers face everyday will ever be "attended to". Examples...