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"Consider the following method signatures: IEnumerable Process(List input); IList Process(IEnumerable input); Of the two, which is the better choice? Write down your answer."

"The various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET can be very confusing. In fact if we have two objects a and b in C# there are at least four ways to compare their identity, plus one operator that looks like an identity comparison to add to the confusion"

"Despite IDisposable having only a single method named Dispose to implement, it is commonly implemented incorrectly. After reading this blog post it should be clear how and when to implement IDisposable, as well as how to ensure that resources are properly disposed when bad things happen (also knows as exceptions)."

"The greatest advantage that JetBrains ReSharper provides is that it makes the improving process much cheaper. How it is done? By simplifying both of the improvement steps: Understanding the code - ReSharper provides very quick and simple navigation along with immediate usage information. Changing the code - ReSharper provides extensive refactoring options. Most of the known refactoring techniques are built-in."

"I've been using Resharper since I started coding in .NET/C#. It's a tool with a lot of features which aids you in the average day development. In this blog post I'm going to show you the features that I use the most."

"I'm often asked advice on how to be a better programmer. [..] I've been giving this quite a bit of thought lately and I've come up with what I think are the most important and timeless skills that a software developer can attain which will give them the best career opportunities and make them the most effective."

"The singleton pattern is one of the best-known patterns in software engineering. Essentially, a singleton is a class which only allows a single instance of itself to be created, and usually gives simple access to that instance."