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When to use abstract classes instead of interfaces with extension methods in C#?
"Abstract class" and "interface" are similar concepts, with interface being the more abstract of the two. One differentiating factor is that abstract classes provide method implementations for derived ...
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When do you use a struct instead of a class?
What are your rules of thumb for when to use structs vs. classes? I'm thinking of the C# definition of those terms but if your language has similar concepts I'd like to hear your opinion as well.
I ...
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Abstract DAL - Use Interface with Internal Class?
We have a business logic layer (BLL) that is tightly coupled to our data access layer (DAL). We make calls like this:
using (FooData data = new FooData())
{
data.DoSomething();
}
It's important ...
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What should I name these methods?
I have two interfaces, one with and one without generic type parameters. The non-generic interface is used internally so that I can store instances of the generic interface in a collection. All would ...
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How do I set up MVP for a Winforms solution?
Question moved from Stackoverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4971048/how-do-i-set-up-mvp-for-a-winforms-solution
I have used MVP and MVC in the past, and I prefer MVP as it controls the ...
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S.O.L.I.D., avoiding anemic domains, dependency injection?
Although this could be a programming language agnostic question, I'm interested in answers targeting the .NET ecosystem.
This is the scenario: suppose we need to develop a simple console application ...
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ASP.NET MVC 3 (C#) Software Architecture
I am starting on a relatively large and ambitious ASP.NET MVC 3 project and just thinking about the best way to organize my code. The project is basically going to be a general management system that ...
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Is It “Wrong”/Bad Design To Put A Thread/Background Worker In A Class?
I have a class that will read from Excel (C# and .Net 4) and in that class I have a background worker that will load the data from Excel while the UI can remain responsive. My question is as follows: ...
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Coding to interfaces
I understand why it is a good idea to code to an interface rather than to a concrete class. I find it hard to implement though as other methods generally need to use properties of the given object. ...
