Introduction

1. About The Author
2. Other Books by Jason Roberts
3. Pluralsight Courses
4. Part 1: Assorted Tips

Merging IEnumerable Sequences with LINQ

Auto-Generating Sequences of Integer Values

Improving Struct Equality Performance

1. Overriding Equals() to Improve Performance

Creating Generic Methods in Non-Generic Classes

Converting Chars to Doubles

Non Short Circuiting Conditional Operators

1. More on & and &&
2. The && Operator
3. The & Operator
4. Using & With Boolean Operands
5. Using & With Integral Operands

Using C# Keywords for Variable Names

Three Part Conditional Numeric Format Strings

Customizing the Appearance of Debug Information in Visual Studio

1. The DebuggerDisplay Attribute
2. The DebuggerBrowsable Attribute

Partial Types

1. Partial Methods
2. Partial Method Restrictions

The Null Coalescing Operator

Creating and Using Bit Flag Enums

1. Defining
2. Manipulating

The Continue Statement

Preprocessor Directives

1. Defining Custom Symbols
2. Emitting Warnings
3. Emitting Errors

Automatically Stepping Through Code

Exceptions in Static Constructors

Safe Conversion To and From DateTime Strings

Parsing Strings into Numbers with NumberStyles

Useful LINQ Set Operations

1. Concat
2. Union
3. Intersect
4. Except

Working with Zip Files

1. Creating Zip Files
2. Extracting Files
3. Adding Files to Existing Archive
4. Deleting Files from an Existing Archive

Comparing Two Lists to Check if they Contain The Same Items

Conditional Compilation with the Conditional Attribute

Writing Indented Lines of Text

Custom Collection Initializers

Delaying Creation of Expensive Objects

1. Part 2: Common Design Patterns

The Decorator Pattern

The Factory Pattern

The Gateway Pattern

The Strategy Pattern

The Null Object Pattern

1. Part 3: Useful Tools

The NUnit Testing Framework

1. Test Classes and Test Methods
2. Asserting Correct Results
3. Advanced Techniques

The xUnit.net Testing Framework

1. Test Classes and Test Methods
2. Asserting Correct Results
3. Advanced Techniques

Faking with Moq

Dependency Injection with Ninject

1. Using a Dependency Injection Framework

BDDfy - A BDD Testing Framework

Convention Tests

1. Using the Supplied ClassTypeHasSpecificNamespace Convention