C# is a multiparadigm, managed, garbage-collected object-oriented programming language created by Microsoft in parallel with the .NET platform
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Need help understanding Mocks and Stubs
I'm new to use mocking frameworks and I have a few questions on the things that I am not clear on. I'm using Rhinomocks to generate mock objects in my unit tests. I understand that mocks can be ...
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ASP.NET MVC3 checkbox dropdownlist create [migrated]
i'm new in asp.net MVC and I/m use view model to poppulate the dropdown list and group of checkboxes. I use SQL Server 2012, where have many to many relationships between Students - Books; Student - ...
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How do I explain the importance of NUNIT Test cases to my Colleagues [duplicate]
I am currently working in Software Development for applications including lot of Mathematical Calculations. As a result there are lot of test cases that we need to consider. We donot have any NUNIT ...
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Hide or Show singleton?
Singleton is a common pattern implemented in both native libraries of .NET and Java. You will see it as such:
C#: MyClass.Instance
Java: MyClass.getInstance()
The question is: when writing APIs, ...
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A generic Re-usable C# Property Parser utility [on hold]
This is about a utility i have happened to write which can parse through the properties of a data contracts at runtime using reflection. The input required is a look like XPath string. since this is ...
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What would be the fastest way of storing or calculating legal move sets for chess pieces?
For example if a move is attempted I could just loop through a list of legal moves and compare the x,y but I have to write logic to calculate those at least every time the piece is moved.
Or, I can ...
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Generic Repository with SQLite and SQL Compact Databases
I am creating a project that has a mobile app (Xamarin.Android) using a SQLite database and a WPF application (Code First Entity Framework 5) using a SQL Compact database. This project will even ...
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Dependency Injection Confusion
I think I have a decent grasp of what Dependency Inversion principle (DIP) is, my confusion is more around dependency injection.
My understanding is the whole point of DI is to decouple parts of an ...
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Removing surrounding noises from voice recording [migrated]
I have a wave file whose frequency spectrum looks like this.
It contains audio, which I want to keep while removing the rest. The problem is that the surround noise changes, just those distinct ...
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Why is an anemic domain model considered bad in C#/OOP, but very important in F#/FP?
In a blog post on F# for fun and profit, it says:
In a functional design, it is very important to separate behavior from
data. The data types are simple and "dumb". And then separately, you
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How can I bind a custom color to WPF toolkit ColorPicker? [on hold]
I need to bind the SelectedColor property of ColorPicker to a custom color which is not present in available colors. I created a simple test to show my problem. My xaml:
<xctk:ColorPicker ...
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Sending email notifications to users
What is the preferable way to send email notifications to users?
I can do it both ways but what is better?
have some c# code that calls stored procedure in the database. Stored procedure based on ...
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use of Enum with flags in practice?
I just have read some stuff on enum today. Use of flags with enum was something interesting and new for me. But often practice and theoretical uses are different. I go through many articles they ...
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How do i rotate a 2D picturebox according to my mouse [on hold]
I would want to rotate my picturebox which contains an image. The image will just spin around following the mouse, but the position of the image is fixed. Any idea on how it should be done? Btw using ...
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Clustering Strings on the basis of Common Substrings
I have around 10000+ strings and have to identify and group all the strings which looks similar(I base the similarity on the number of common words between any two give strings). The more number of ...
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LINQ/LAMBDA filter query by date [on hold]
I'm trying to use LINQ to SQL to retrieve earnings data for a particular date range. Currently the table is set up as follows:
Comp Eps Year Quarter
IBM .5 2012 2
IBM .65 ...
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Recommened design pattern to handle multiple compression algorithms for a class hierarchy
For all you OOD experts. What would be the recommended way to model the following scenario?
I have a certain class hierarchy similar to the following one:
class Base {
...
}
class Derived1 : ...
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Design pattern for logging changes in parent/child objects saved to database
I’ve got a 2 database tables in parent/child relationship as one-many.
I’ve got three classes representing the data in these two tables:
Parent Class
{
Public int ID {get; set;}
.. other ...
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1answer
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How to serialize and deserialize lambda expression in F#?
I serialized lambda expressions in C# before. Now I wanna use F# instead of C# for serialization and deserialization.
I heard F# is better in this area. Is it true?
How can I do that with F#?
I’d ...
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Refactor LINQ & XML code [migrated]
I have some duplicate code using LINQ & XML. I'm sure there is a way to refactor it, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Would someone help, please?
var fileInfo = ...
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Process video (canon) mov files
Well i would like to program something to process HDR made by magic lantern a canon add on. That doesnt change the format its just some kind of add on, that can produce HDR video.
Its a bit complex to ...
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SOLID Principles and code structure
My question is on SOLID principles, because I couldn't answer a question (beyond the obvious meaning of the various principles of SOLID) at an interview and it really bugs me. I have done a couple of ...
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Provide multiple SendCompleted callbacks to SmtpClient
I have an Email class that has a Send method that optionally takes an SmtpClient and sends an email asynchronously using SendAsync. If no SmtpClient is supplied to this method, it instantiates a ...
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How do I make a window that acts as a middleman between a client program's IO and the user's IO?
For Windows 7, in any of the tagged languages (vb.net, C#, Java) would it be possible to have a (100*ratio)x100 px^2 "middle" window that would be able to:
Copy a windows's graphics data ...
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Keyboard shortcut for C# property declaration?
I've previously used a shortcut for creating C# properties in Visual Studio 2010, but I cannot remember what this was.
If I was to type:
public string Foo
I could type a shortcut which would ...
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Is it a right thing to do, to use Node.JS as a TCP Server? [closed]
Part I - The Story:
I have crafted a high performance TCP server in C# (based on SocketAsyncEventArgs) which works brilliantly (for my cause). I have more than 7000 clients, sending me a message ...
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Retrieving system information without WMI
I want to write an application where I can fetch system information like CPU-Z (for example) does.
I don't want to rely on WMI, because I want to grab stuff like information about the manufacturing ...
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FilePathResult works for ActionLink but doesn't work from JavaScript [migrated]
I'm not sure why this occurring, but when I call my action from a "ActionLink" it works properly, but when I call it from javascript it doesn't. Both methods get to the "ExportFile" method, but only ...
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Refactoring classes with ref to themselves
How can I refactor this code?
class Node
{
public Node Parent { get; set; }
}
class AVLNode
{
public AVLNode Parent { get; set; }
}
I tried to use inheritance, but then I have to use type ...
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Design Structure/Data Structure thoughts needed
I am reading a Binary file, it has several blocks, each block has different names/data. Some of this data is string value, date, datetime, time but most of them are integer value.
Previously I code a ...
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Reducing repetitive DI code
I have a method which constructs dependencies using Unity. Currently, all of the calls do pretty much the same thing: Registers 2 repository object and 2 'App Part' objects. My issue is, there's a lot ...
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Trouble Getting C# Graphics to work in Form [migrated]
I am trying to make a C# Windows form in Visual Studio so I can draw on the form (like a basic version of Microsoft Paint). I am working through an example in a C# 2012 book. I have written the code ...
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embedding programming languages into other languages [duplicate]
In C/C++, there is a keyword that allows you to enter assembly language directly into a method.
Example
int Main()
{
__asm // notify the compiler that this block is assembly language.
{
...
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Use ILmerge for NuGet libraries?
I'm making an open source C# library (http://github.com/eteeselink/fakethat if you must). Like is fashionable these days, I plan to spread it via NuGet.
My library depends on another library ...
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Lazy loading if collection would have any entries
I often see model classes with properties like this:
public IList<Note> Notes { get; set; }
public bool HasNotes { get; set; }
Where the list is initialized lazy, but the boolean property is ...
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Unit-Testing functions which have parameters of classes where source code is not accessible
Relating to this question, I have another question regarding unit testing functions in the utility classes:
Assume you have function signatures like this:
public function void ...
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correct name for a method [closed]
I am struggling with a name for a method. The implementation is already done, I am just looking for a good name!
potential candidates :
Segregation
Extract
Split
The Method
IEnumerable< ...
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Similar references to themselves in two classes
How can I make 1 class (base, generic or something else) from these two classes?
class A
{
A Link { get; set; }
}
class B
{
B Link { get; set; }
}
UPD: This is what I have now:
class BSTree
{
...
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Object Initializer in C# problem with readability
I wonder if object initializing have some performance gain in ASP.NET website. I have an office mate that told me that object initialization is much readable and faster than constructor. But one of my ...
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Drawing 3D spheres in Windows Forms [closed]
I have to do a task assigned on Computer Graphics class.
I need to create an application in Windows Forms that would display 3D spheres. Those are to be described in some config file (preferably) or ...
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1answer
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Design question on best option to store data on remote computers
I'm making a windows forms application which I want to install on a few computers that are all connected together on a network. Each of these computers have access to a number of servers on which ...
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3answers
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How to handle complex conditions? [duplicate]
We are working on project where we have to manage these conditions.
i.e.:
A User can save an order under these conditions:
User has permission "SaveOrder"
Order is in state "shipped"
Online Shop is ...
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Why would a developer create a public class that has all static properties?
A previous developer has a couple public classes that do not inherit from any other classes but are filled with static properties. Is this another way of creating a struct or enum? Is this an older or ...
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3answers
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Best way to check for specific types
Normally I do this:
if (Animal is Dog)
{
Doc d = (Dog)Animal;
// d. etc..
}
else if (Animal is Cat)
{
Cat c = (Cat)Animal;
// c. ....
}
Is this a good way or are there better ways ...
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2answers
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Pattern to use for different Stages in a software
I am developing a software for a laboratory to test some devices. To test each device there are multi subtests which should be done to reach to the final result.To perform a complete test, the ...
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So Far what has the Roslyn CTP Been Used For? [closed]
All, I just wanted to know what you have or what you know other to have been doing with the Roslyn CTP. I am not asking Why would anyone invest time in Microsoft "Roslyn"?, but specifically ...
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How to crawl a website/extract data into database C#(2012) and SQLSERVER2008 [closed]
There are few sites online who have categoriesed data/informations.I want to fetch/extract these informations and save it in my database.
What are the ways/methods to get informations from websites?
...
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c#/java or c++ (Personal question) [closed]
First of all this is not a comparison between the languages.
So I've asked a question before telling that I am a beginner programmer (hardest thing done is a chat server/client when I was reading ...
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2answers
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An Algorithm for gridding a polygon in C# [closed]
There ids lots of program and algorithm for converting from bitmap into vector, but I want a simple algorithm to convert a polygon that determind with it's Points into a bitmap or mapping it on a ...
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1answer
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Class Naming Conundrum
I am working on a personal project that works with databases, and in this project I have a set of classes that are similar, so they inherit from a common base class. The problem I am faced with is ...
