Coming from a PHP programming background, I think I can improve on my understanding of solid object oriented programming concepts. Given that C# is 100% object oriented, and the fact that understanding some key principles will help me in my general programming knowledge, I thought it would be good to go over some of these concepts in this article. Continue reading
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Beginning C#: Part 2 – Looping through Arrays
In this article we will get a little deeper into some C# programming by looping through arrays and practicing using types (which are basically objects).
In C#, everything is an object, including arrays. I understand the concept of an array, but I really wanted to get more comfortable with using arrays in C#. Continue reading
Beginning C#: Part 1 – A Simple Example
Today was my first day working for the State of Montana as a Programmer.
It turns out that my first week is going to be a week of training (today was the first day). They hired a training course company called DevelopMentor to come in and train the programmers on C# and using LINQ. From my understanding, LINQ is basically a way of making data “objects” that can be accessed directly from memory. There are a lot of speed and functionality benefits to doing it this way. Continue reading
How to be an Effective Programmer – Organization
In my mind, what makes the best kind of programmer is their ability to organize.
I say this because when you simplify web programming in general, it basically comes down to solving problems. Taking a complicated (or what appears to be complicated) scenario and simplifying it into smaller pieces that you can understand. In my opinion, organization ends up becoming the most important aspect of web programming….even more important the being an uber programmer. Continue reading
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