gwerren.com http://gwerren.com Software development - mainly C# Using A Parse Tree http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/usingAParseTree http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/usingAParseTree Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Using a parse tree to build a simple language implementation in C#. Simple C# Parser http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/simpleCSharpParser http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/simpleCSharpParser Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT A look at how to build a parser for a simple language in C# based on a set of language tokens. Simple C# Tokenizer Using Regex http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/simpleCSharpTokenizerUsingRegex http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/simpleCSharpTokenizerUsingRegex Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT A look at how to build a tokenizer for a simple language in C# using the built in Regex utility. HangFire as a Service Bus http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/hangfireAsAServiceBus http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/hangfireAsAServiceBus Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT An exploration of a way to use HangFire in a service-bus-like manner within a single application. Mercurial CSV Log http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/mercurialCsvLog http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/mercurialCsvLog Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT Generating a filtered CSV file of commits from Mercurial. MVVM and Code Behind http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/mvvmCodeBehind http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/mvvmCodeBehind Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT A look at code behind and why, when used properly, it isn't anti-MVVM Introducing Multi-Caret http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/introducingMultiCaret http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/introducingMultiCaret Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT A Visual Studio plugin for multi-point editing Basic Casting in C# http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/basicCastingInCSharp http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/basicCastingInCSharp Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Good and bad ways to cast between types in C#. Reporting Exceptions http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/reportingExceptions http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/reportingExceptions Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Great exception reporting to make your users happy and your life easy. Is Linq X-OrDefault Evil? http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/isLinqXOrDefaultEvil http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/isLinqXOrDefaultEvil Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT .FirstOrDefault() and friends are often used incorrectly, here we take a look at which of the "select one" methods to use when and how to choose. Fail Early In Code http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/failEarlyInCode http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/failEarlyInCode Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT When writing code we should always consider error cases, this is a good thing. When attempting to handle an error case however... Rethrowing Exceptions http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/rethrowingExceptions http://gwerren.com/Blog/Posts/rethrowingExceptions Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT How to (and not to) re-throw exceptions.