Some of you may remember an earlier post about a free Data Structures and Algorithms book which I’m occasionally helping out with in terms of editing. I’ve just been told that a new version has recently been uploaded – please check it out. I have to admit that I haven’t actually done any work on this for a while… maybe I’ll get round to it in the New Year. Happy Christmas reading 🙂
There have been a couple of questions on StackOverflow about value types and parameterless constructors: Structure vs Class in C# Why can’t I define a default constructor for a struct in .NET I learned quite a bit when answering both of these. When a further question about the default value of a type (particularly with respect to generics) came up, I thought it would be worth delving into a bit more depth. Very little of this is actually relevant most of the time, but it’s interesting nonetheless. I won’t go over most of the details I discovered in my answer … Continue reading Value types and parameterless constructors
I’ve had quite a few discussions with a colleague about some failures of Java and .NET. The issue we keep coming back to is the root of the inheritance tree. There’s no doubt in my mind that having a tree with a single top-level class is a good thing, but it’s grown a bit too big for its boots. Pretty much everything in this post applies to both .NET and Java, sometimes with a few small changes. Where it might be unclear, I’ll point out the changes explicitly – otherwise I’ll just use the .NET terminology. What’s in System.Object? Before … Continue reading Redesigning System.Object/java.lang.Object
I think I’ve now done enough public speaking to make it worth having a page with resources etc, so I’ve added it to the C# in Depth site. Where feasible, it will include slides, code and videos (and anything else suitable, really) from various events. I haven’t got any more booked at the moment, although I’ve had a couple of invitations I really ought to sort out at some point. A couple of points of interest: I’ve included “before, during and after” code for the “LINQ to Objects in 60 minutes” presentation at DDD. The “before” code is just unit … Continue reading List of talks now up on C# in Depth site
