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Category Archives: tips
Tip: Make parentheses matching more visible in C#
Recently someone asked me if there was a Visual Studio add-in that highlighted parentheses, brackets, and braces so it would be easier to tell which closing parenthesis matched which opening parenthesis. It turns out that Visual Studio already has a … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, coding, example, example program, miscellany, parentheses matching, tips, Windows Forms programming
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Hints for beginners without sacrificing efficiency
In my previous post, The ribbon interface: sacrificing usability for discoverability, I explain that the ribbon interface makes it easier for beginners to wander through an application’s features to discover what tools are available but that it makes it harder … Continue reading
The ribbon interface: sacrificing usability for discoverability
Unlike my usual examples, this post is a discussion of an important design technique: providing information for beginners without sacrificing efficiency for more experienced users. Next time I’ll post a follow-up and then get back to examples after that. In … Continue reading
Enable commands in Visual Studio Express Edition
This post explains how you can enable commands that are missing by default in Visual Studio Express Edition. Some of this may also apply to other editions. Visual Studio Express Edition is not quite the same as the more expensive … Continue reading
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Declare and initialize empty arrays in C#
This is a handy trick for working with possibly empty arrays. A C# program cannot use an array’s properties and methods until the array is instantiated. For example, the following code declares an array and then tries to use its … Continue reading
Use XML comments in C#
C# let’s you use XML comments to give extra information to IntelliSense and that can be used to automatically generate documentation. These comments start with three / symbols and should be placed before the program item to which they apply. … Continue reading →