Derek Will – Page 2 – Trials and Triumphs in Code

WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Service Library

Service Library Now that we have defined our service interface – It’s time to implement it. We implement the service contract interface (IMathService) just like we would any other C# interface and the result is our service library. See below for the service library source code: using System.ServiceModel; using MathServiceInterface; using MathServiceInterface.DTOs; using MathServiceInterface.Enumerations; using… Read More: WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Service Library »

LINQ queries on non-generic collections

Introduction LINQ (Language-Integrated Query) is a powerful tool of the .NET Framework. As the name implies, it integrates query capabilities directly into C# (or the .NET language of your choice). This article does not aim to be an introduction to LINQ, but rather how to use LINQ queries on non-generic collections (objects of IEnumerable type).… Read More: LINQ queries on non-generic collections »

WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Service Interface

Service Interface At the heart of this WCF solution is the Service Interface which describes the operations that our service supports. In addition, the service interface (contract) assembly also contains the DTOs and SOAP Faults that are to be exchanged over the wire. Personally, I like to organize this assembly by putting DTOs in a… Read More: WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Service Interface »

Compression and Encryption: Order Matters

Compression then encryption or the other way around? Sometimes we need to compress a file in order to make it easier to transmit. Sometimes we need to encrypt the contents of a file in order to protect that information from prying eyes. Sometimes we need to apply both compression and encryption to a file. At… Read More: Compression and Encryption: Order Matters »

WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Introduction

Introduction Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a part of the .NET Framework which allows for rapidly building service-oriented applications. Personally, I believe the strongest aspect of WCF is the speed in which you can construct and deploy business applications which require a service oriented architecture (SOA) based solution. WCF is mainly for building SOAP-based web… Read More: WCF Tutorial: A Different Approach – Introduction »

Hidden similarity between instance level methods in Python and C#

So I am brushing up on my Python skills because I want to improve upon my knowledge of scripting languages. I code in C# more often than not which is a statically typed language and I wish to expand my horizons by getting more serious about dynamically typed languages. One thing that I noticed while… Read More: Hidden similarity between instance level methods in Python and C# »

The .NET BackgroundWorker class and You

Introduction My personal favorite class of the .NET Framework is the BackgroundWorker class. The BackgroundWorker class provides an easy way for a programmer to execute a time-consuming operation on a separate background thread while providing a simple way to communicate progress, completion and other information about the background operation to the thread which started the… Read More: The .NET BackgroundWorker class and You »

Proper Etiquette for using MySQL in C# (Part of 3 of 3) – DbDataReader

Looking back on this series, we have discussed both proper management of database related resources and how to protect and improve the performance of our applications through the use of Parameterized Queries (Prepared Statements). Since the primary reason for accessing a database is to read data from it, it would be a shame if we… Read More: Proper Etiquette for using MySQL in C# (Part of 3… »

Building Duplex Services with WCF

Introduction To begin, consider non-duplex Request-Reply services. In non-duplex Request-Reply services, the client sends a request to the server and the server in turn replies with a response to the client. Another noteworthy characteristic of non-duplex Request-Reply services is that the client is always the one to initiate communication between the two parties. In duplex… Read More: Building Duplex Services with WCF »

Proper Etiquette for using MySQL in C# (Part of 2 of 3) – Parameterized Queries

In the first installment of this three part series I covered why properly managing resources related to database activity is so important. In this second part, I will discuss how using parameterized queries (also known as prepared statements) will improve the performance as well as increase the security of your application. Again the examples are… Read More: Proper Etiquette for using MySQL in C# (Part of 2… »