Month: February 2013

C# in Depth 3rd edition available for early access, plus a discount code…

By jonskeet

Readers who follow me on Twitter or Google+ know this already, but… The third edition of C# in Depth is now available for early access from its page on the Manning website. I’ve been given a special discount code which expires at midnight EST on February 17th, so be quick if you want to use it – it gives 50% off either version. The code is “csharpsk”. It’s likely that we’ll have a separate (permanent) discount for readers who already own the second edition, but the details of that haven’t been decided yet. Just to be clear, the third edition … Continue reading C# in Depth 3rd edition available for early access, plus a discount code…

Fun with Object and Collection Initializers

By jonskeet

Gosh it feels like a long time since I’ve blogged – particularly since I’ve blogged anything really C#-language-related. At some point I want to blog about my two CodeMash 2013 sessions (making the C# compiler/team cry, and learning lessons about API design from the Spice Girls) but those will take significant time – so here’s a quick post about object and collection initializers instead. Two interesting little oddities… Is it an object initializer? Is it a collection initializer? No, it’s a syntax error! The first part came out of a real life situation – FakeDateTimeZoneSource, if you want to look … Continue reading Fun with Object and Collection Initializers