Elysian Shadows

this is exactly why there is a influx of sub par programmers. they think that using every feature of language, or implementing every know design pattern or design methodology makes them great programmers, or have the attitude that if someone doesn't they are sub par programmers or should stick to a...

http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:CboH_ECsoHHvmM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Chickpea_pods.jpg/741px-Chickpea_pods.jpg Polymorphism and inheritance are both cool concepts, but I still haven't figured out when it's appropriate to use them. I've found my habits often ev...

Whoah it does look cool. I think its cool how it tries to help you fill out header names when your trying to remember how to spell them. Honestly though, I don't see any screen shots of any documentation being added into the intellisense. Don't get me wrong, it looks wicked cool. I'm just wondering...

It does... to some degree. It's definitely not on par with .NET intellisense, or Java's intellisense. Hit Ctrl+Space to invoke the intellisense viewer thing. (I forget what it's called.) Optionally; you can go buy the 'required' C++ developers plugin called Visual Assist X. (Any C/C++ dev, go downlo...

Yep, I know. This one is very, -very-, simple for anybody who knows their C#. However, not many developers actually realize how much simple code can help. I've used this code in numerous projects, mostly in places where I didn't think it would be that useful, but happily found out I was wrong. Anyho...

Use decimal.TryParse unless you want to force non-floating-point numbers on the user. (In which case; I'd still use a larger datatype. long.TryParse for instance) Also, don't use TryParse unless you're absolutely sure you want to suppress exceptions. (In simple cases like this, it's fine. In most ot...

I'm going to assume you're using .NET 2.0? If so, that's a very sneaky way to do things. However, I don't really see the payoff. You end up going from decently-clean switch statements, to ugly-as-hell if/else if/else statements. If not, just create an extension method for the enum in question to avo...