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You'll notice that C# is a bit funny when it comes to how it treats strings, at least as compared to some other languages. For example, let's say you were to write... [More]

Note - Code snips from now on will be color coded in the same manner Visual Studio 2012 colors text.

In a previous article you saw me declare a string by the name of “sRing” and assigned it a value of “My precious!”... if you have no idea what I'm talking about it means you haven't been paying attention and will need to stay after class... anywho. In the case I just mentioned, “sRing” would be the variable, and “string” would be the data type. Here are two more examples of what we like to call “local variables”: [More]

In the last article I made a quick comment about not needing to terminate “code blocks”, and while the concept isn't difficult to follow I feel it's important to bring it up now because we are going to be using the crap out of code blocks pretty soon, so let's explore what code blocks are, shall we? [More]

If you're coming from another language and aren't familiar with the idea of statement termination, the concept might seem a bit left of center for you, but it's fairly simple once you get used to it. Terminating a statement means, well, exactly what it sounds like... you're done with that particular line of code. In the case of C# ( and a plethora of other languages ) every statement must end ( be terminated ) with a semi-colon ( ; ). ALL statements in C# MUST be terminated except when you're defining a block structure ( conditional statements, methods, and loops are three examples of blocks, don't worry about this right now ), if you forget to terminate a statement... Visual Studio will usually get a bit irritated with you and start barking errors. [More]

While commenting is a standard used far and wide as far as programming is concerned, the entirety of this article will be in the scope of C#, as that is my favored language at the moment. Though the practice can be used in a plethora of other languages.

Comments in programming, by definition are lines of descriptive test that are ignored by the compiler. In other words, it's a fancy way to leave a note for developers, or in most cases a reminder for yourself to do something at a later date. To explain further, let's say you have a really convoluted block of code you wrote at who the heck knows o'clock in the morning, a block of code that really would only make sense to you at this ungodly hour, how would you instruct other developers ( or your more awake self ) what the heck was happening? [More]

So you've decided to use BlogEngine.Net as your blogging platform and wan't to use Arthemia Pro as your theme eh? Well that's simple! Isn't it? No? Crap. Not to worry! I am here to make your life a little easier. First thing you'll notice is that you cannot install the theme from the gallery as you can most themes... it produces a nice error that informs you to check "the log"... what log, I've still no clue, so let's get this theme installed, shall we? [More]