Optional and named parameters were added to the C# language for COM and Office interoperability, but these features are actually useful in a variety of ways. This month I'm going to explore two ...

When working in applications you might often find that the source code has become so complex that it is difficult to understand and maintain. Fluent interfaces and method chaining are two concepts ...

Refrain from calling the GC.Collect method explicitly to reclaim the memory occupied by the objects in your application unless there is a specific reason do so The GC.Collect() method has for long ...

Practical .NET Move Beyond Factory Methods with the Builder Pattern in C#/Visual Basic When your objects get sufficiently complicated to create, it's time to simplify your life by moving to the ...