Ben Gamlin

Download the Visual Studio 2010 solutions for this tutorial. To open each project double-click on the solution file which is located in the solution folder. List of Contents Lab 1 – Classes and Objects Lab 2 – Inside Methods Lab 3 – Debugging Lab 4 – Inheritance Lab 5 – Operator Overloading Lab 6 – […]

IT Background I first started programming at school. This was in the computer Stone Age, when you had to save programs on paper tape punched with holes. I enjoyed this so much that I went on to study Computer Science at Sussex University. I then got a job with ICL working on mainframe computer operating

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ASP.NET Security? I am building a ASP.NET application. I want to understand which areas of the solutions would needs security and how can we accomplish this with inbuilt security features in ASP.NET. ASP.Net provides a number of ways of securing applications as part of its inbuilt membership and personalisation system. These allow you to restrict

A Question on Object Orientation from a .Net Forum And David Ringsell’s answers How can I connect to a table in a SQL Server database? There are several ways for an application to connect to a table in a SQL Server database. The most basic approach, with an ASP.Net web form, is to use the

Which is better C# or VB? I’m just curious why a lot of companies prefer C# to VB. I first worked with B.A.S.I.C over 40 years ago at school. So learning Visual Basic and VB.Net was fairly easy. These days I prefer C#.  Also, as a Microsoft trainer and consultant my clients more often request

I need to know about design patterns. Has anyone used any design patterns in their application(s)/project(s)? Which one’s the most commonly used? A good design pattern makes it easier to design, write and maintain software. It is only a structured way of programming that leads to a robust architecture. The benefits include: Adaptable software; e.g.

I have some challenges trying to use “Response.Redirect”.  How does it work? Response.Redirect sends the user to the specified page. You can call it from any page, you just need a reference to the System.Web assembly. Also add using System.Web.UI.Page at the top of you code. There are two overloaded versions of the Redirect method.

What are the advantages/disadvantages when choosing between inheritance, interfaces, aggregation, delegation etc? David Ringsell’s answer Inheritance, interfaces, aggregation and delegation cover a lot of features in OO programming. Broadly you are talking about relationships between classes. This will depend on the context, for example how complex is the domain you are modeling. This is a

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