.NET Development

This page contains information on programming or developing software using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Unless otherwise stated it can be assumed that we are talking about version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

• Singleton pattern in C#
• Single instance applications
• Firebird SQL in .NET
• Returning read-only collections
• Re-throwing exceptions
• Internationalization in .NET
• Multithreading in .NET
• Getting free disk space
• XML processing
• Transparent forms
• Custom controls and user controls

Since the start of Managed DirectX and the increase in interest in using C# for games programming, there has been a lot of discussion on the best render loop to use. People now seem to have agreed on a good one, first posted on Tom Miller's blog. This article on The Code Project sums up the final design nicely.