How to debug crashes and hangs

blogs.msdn.com — At my job on the C# IDE QA team I've learned some useful things about debugging in Visual Studio, which I'd like to summarize in this post: Turning off "Enable just my code" Attaching the debugger using Tools | Attach To Process Selecting Managed, Native for mixed-mode debugging or Enable unmanaged code debugging Attaching to multiple processes Selecting processes and threads Breaking on first-chance exceptions using the Debug | Exceptions dialog Picking the right thread Loading symbols Viewing the call stack Saving the minidump file read more...

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Even more assorted Visual Studio tips

blogs.msdn.com — Kirill Osenkov blogs about his favorite often used Visual Studio features, including advanced debugging with sos.dll and XML code snippets. read more...

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Jon Skeet's new book: C# in Depth

csharpindepth.com — Jon Skeet has written an excellent book on C#. read more...

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File.ReadAllText, WriteAllText, ReadAllLines, WriteAllLines, etc.

kirillosenkov.blogspot.com — I found that a lot of people still use StreamReader/StreamWriter for simple file access. You can replace using... StreamReader... ReadToEnd... with a simple call to File.ReadAllText read more...

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Extension methods: one of my favorite C# 3.0 features

kirillosenkov.blogspot.com — A small set of nice samples of extension methods for strings, collections and XML. Also a discussion of pros and cons: Pros: 1. Enhancing existing API usability 2. Adding default implementation to interfaces 3. Composability and fluent interface Cons: 1. Discoverability 2. Readability 3. Versioning read more...

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Font in VS: adjust not only the editor font, but the rest of the IDE

diditwith.net — A great advice from diditwith.net: beside adjusting the editor font in Visual Studio, you can also adjust fonts in the rest of the IDE, including IntelliSense and tool windows. This is especially useful for presentations. read more...

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C# 3.0 Collection Initializers, Duck Typing and ISupportsAdd

kirillosenkov.blogspot.com — Some thoughts and brainstorming about how to make collection initializers more universally usable, and some thoughts about duck typing in C#. read more...

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Choosing: Interface vs. Abstract Class

kirillosenkov.blogspot.com — When to use which? Where's the difference? What are the best practices recommended by .NET architects? This and some personal experiences in a blog posting by Kirill Osenkov read more...

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