James Michael Hare

This is the way I went about the "List all anagrams in a word” problems. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry if…

This is the way I went about the "The Majority Element” problems. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry if your…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is the way I went about the problem. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry if your solution has variations and…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is the way I went about the "Positive Integer to Roman Numerals” problem. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

This is the way I went about the “Largest Square of '1's in a Matrix” problem. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is the way I went about the “Largest Puddle on a Bar Chart” problem. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this, so don't worry if…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

I wanted to repost the index of all the Little Wonders and Little Pitfalls posts and presentations so that they would be readily visible for anyone new to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is the way I would go about the “Is tree a Binary Search Tree” problem if I were asked to perform it at an evaluation. However, keep in mind there…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

I like to keep my brain sharp by working on programming puzzlers. On off weeks I'm going to start posting programming puzzlers I've collected over the…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is the way I would go about this problem if I were asked to perform it at an evaluation. However, keep in mind there are multiple ways to solve this,…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

So this week I decided I’d do a Little Wonder of a different kind and focus on an underused IDE improvement: Visual Studio’s Box Selection capability.…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

I’ve decided to create a sub-series of my Little Wonders posts to focus on C++. Just like their C# counterparts, these posts will focus on those features…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

C# is a wonderful language for modern programming. While everything in C# has a reason and a place, occasionally there are things that can be confusing…

C# is a wonderful language for modern programming. While everything in C# has a reason and a place, occasionally there are things that can be confusing…

The C#/.NET Fundamentals series is geared towards examining fundamental concepts in using C# (and .NET in general) to produce effective solutions.

The C#/.NET Fundamentals series is geared towards examining fundamental concepts in using C# (and .NET in general) to produce effective solutions.

The C#/.NET Fundamentals series is geared towards examining fundamental concepts in using C# (and .NET in general) to produce effective solutions.

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

I wanted to repost the index of all the Little Wonders and Little Pitfalls posts and presentations so that they would be readily visible for anyone new to…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This week is a busy week for me. First of all I’m giving another presentation on a LINQ/Lambda primer for the rest of the developers in my company.

The .NET Base Class Library (BCL) has a wide array of collection classes at your disposal which make it easy to manage collections of objects. While it's…

Re-posting my presentation on Automating Code Standards that I'm presenting to the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) .NET Users Group - CRINETA - tonight. For more…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

This is a quick presentation I threw together for a group of developers who requested a quick primer on using lambda expressions and the more common LINQ…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the.NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to…

Just uploaded my presentation to the Springfield (Missouri) Dot Net Users' Group to Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/BlackRabbitCoder/automating-cod…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can really help improve your code by making it…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can really help improve your code by making it…

This post is another in a series that will just contain little GUCs (Generic Utility Classes) I’ve developed along the way. If these already exist as part…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can really help improve your code by making it…

Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can really help improve your code by making it…

In the first week of concurrent collections, began with a general introduction and discussed the ConcurrentStack<T> and ConcurrentQueue<T>. The last post…

I had written a pair of posts before about creating a debug-able and self-installing windows service template in C#. This is a template I began creating…

I wanted to repost the index of all the Little Wonders and Little Pitfalls posts and presentations so that they would be readily visible for anyone new to…

Once again we consider some of the lesser known classes and keywords of C#. In this series of posts, we will discuss how the concurrent collections have…

Once again we consider some of the lesser known classes and keywords of C#. In the next few weeks, we will discuss the concurrent collections and how they…

Once again we consider some of the lesser known classes and keywords of C#. Today we will be looking at two set implementations in the…

I’ve been working with a wonderful team on a major release where I work, which has had the side-effect of occupying most of my spare time preparing,…

Sorry for the long blogging hiatus. First it was, of course, the holidays hustle and bustle, then my brother and his wife gave birth to their son, so I’ve…

Just a small post today, it’s the final iteration before our release and things are crazy here! This is another little tidbit that I love using, and it…

I’m going to start another series of posts that I’m calling C#/.NET Toolbox that will just contain little GUCs (Generic Utility Classes) I’ve developed…

Once again lets dive into the Little Wonders of .NET, those small things in the .NET languages and BCL classes that make development easier by increasing…

I wanted to repost the index of all the Little Wonders and Little Pitfalls posts and presentations so that they would be readily visible for anyone new to…

Last week we discussed returning immutable POCOs from an enclosing class so that you can prevent someone who asks for your class’s data to mutate it out…

The Little Wonders series received so much positive response I decided to make it a recurring theme in my blog as new ones popped in my head.

Update: I have now placed the zip containing the source for the end result of part 1 and 2 of this service template here.

Update: I have now placed the zip containing the source for the end result of part 1 and 2 of this service template here.

Thanks a lot, everyone, for all your comments and feedback on my Five Little Wonders Trilogy of posts. This week, it’s crunch time at my workplace so this…

This week is my final entry in my Little Wonders series (posts one and two are here and here). These are those little tips and tricks in .NET (and in…

So last week I began my series with a post (here)) on those little wonders in .NET/C# -- those small tips and tricks that make code either more concise,…

We all have those little wonders in our .NET code, those small tips and tricks that make code just that much more concise, maintainable, or performant.…

After taking a lot of time with C# fundamentals, I decided to go down a different road this week and talk about some of the differences in C# that can be…

This week in C# Fundamentals, we'll tackle the basic differences between C# struct and class types. Sure, this has been discussed many times by many…

Two posts ago, I talked about the C# enum and some of its pitfalls (here)). This post continues with a discussion of the fundamentals of enums by…

Once again we delve into the world of C# Fundamentals. Those hints and gotchas that tend to bite folks newer to the language. Today I take another look…

C# Fundamentals Genesis I’ve decided to begin a line of back-to-basics blogs that I hope to post regularly. I used to teach C++ Programming, Algorithms,…

When Microsoft rolled out Visual Studio 2010 with C# 4, I was very excited to learn how I could apply all the new features and enhancements to help make…

While writing my post analyzing the new .NET 4 ConcurrentDictionary class (here), I fell into one of the classic blunders that I myself always love to…

Update: I revised some of my initial thoughts after taking bit of my own advice and thinking about the less-tangible benefits of a ConcurrentDictionary.…

I love new toys, so of course when .NET 4.0 came out I felt like the proverbial kid in the candy store! Now, some people get all excited about the IDE and…

Being a development team lead, the task of interviewing new candidates was part of my job. Like any typical interview, we started with some easy questions…

So we've all coded a Singleton at one time or another. It's a really simple pattern and can be a slightly more elegant alternative to global variables.…

I was looking through my groups’ C# coding standards the other day and there were a couple of legacy items in there that caught my eye. They had been…

We've all heard of the old Decorator Design Pattern (here) or used it at one time or another either directly or indirectly. A decorator is a class that…

I've been thinking a lot about extension methods lately, and I must admit I both love them and hate them. They are a lot like sugar, they taste so nice…

In my last post, I talked quite a bit about iterators and how they can be really powerful tools for filtering a collection of items down to a subset of…