- 03/18/2024
- 12 minute read
7 C# Project Ideas For Beginners To Escape Tutorial Hell
Check out these 7 C# project ideas for beginners to help escape from tutorial hell! These C# project ideas will give you hands-on practice writing software.
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- 02/15/2024
- 13 minute read
Google Sheets in C# - How to Build Your Own Levels.fyi!
Interested in using Google Drive and Google Sheets in C#? Get started with the Google Sheets API to access spreadsheets in C# in your own dotnet applications!
- 01/15/2024
- 13 minute read
The Best C# Books For Beginner Developers: Top 6 Picks
Are you looking for the best C# books for beginner developers? Check out this list to see my pick for best books for C# developers that are getting started.
- 12/29/2023
- 10 minute read
How to Understand a New Codebase - Tips and Tricks for Tackling Complex Code
Learn effective strategies and tips for how to understand a new codebase. From reading documentation to pair-programming, you'll learn the necessary tools!
- 10/31/2023
- 10 minute read
How to Generate Endless Ideas for Programming Projects
Looking for inspiration for your next project? Look no further! This article provides tips on how to stay creative and generate ideas for programming projects!
- 10/23/2023
- 8 minute read
What Are The Easiest Programming Languages to Learn? - Your Ultimate Guide
Discover the easiest programming languages to learn in this beginner-friendly guide. From Python to JavaScript, let's see what options we have to work with!
- 10/06/2023
- 14 minute read
Strong Coding Foundations - What Are The Principles of Programming Languages?
Let's answer "What are the principles of programming languages" so that you, as a beginner, can help decide how to navigate selection of programming languages.
- 09/20/2023
- 9 minute read
How To Learn Coding For Beginners - What You Need To Know
Interested in learning coding but you've been told it's too hard? This article focused on how to learn coding for beginners - and yes, YOU can code!
- 09/10/2023
- 12 minute read
How To Start Coding - Starting From Zero
Want to learn how to start coding, but you're not sure where to start? Maybe you've heard that it's really hard... Well, You should start coding!
- 08/28/2023
- 7 minute read
Find The Area Of A Rectangle - A Simple C# Program
For beginners, it's hard to find projects to work on due to distractions. Writing a program to find the area of a rectangle can teach so many valuable lessons!
- 08/25/2023
- 13 minute read
Generate ASCII Art - A Simple How To in C#
Have you ever wanted to change a picture into ASCII art? Now you can with your very own C# program that can generate ASCII art! Sample code included!
- 03/06/2023
- 9 minute read
How To Choose The Best Beginner Programming Language
Without a doubt you've had to ask yourself, "What is the best beginner programming language?" if you're new to programming. This article will help you decide!
- 03/01/2023(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 13 minute read
C# Basics: A Guide for New Programmers
New to programming? This guide breaks down C# basics, from setting up your development environment to writing and running your very first program.
- 01/20/2023(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 6 minute read
Pythonnet - A Simple Union of .NET Core and Python You'll Love
Discover how Pythonnet lets you call Python code directly from a .NET Core C# application, complete with a hello world example and a calculator demo.
- 03/26/2020(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 3 minute read
Firebase and Low-Effort User Management
An experiment using Firebase to handle authentication and user management for a side project, aiming to avoid building that complexity from scratch.
- 03/25/2020(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 4 minute read
CircleCI + BitBucket => Free Continuous Integration!
Follow a step-by-step walkthrough for wiring up free CircleCI builds with BitBucket for a .NET project, including the config fix for restoring NuGet packages.
- 06/05/2018(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 6 minute read
Part 1 - Exploring Graphs and Trees
Explore how graphs and trees can model game state data, inspired by a colleague's discussion on procedural generation and layered save systems.
- 01/01/2016(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 3 minute read
API: Top-Down? Bottom-Up? Somewhere in the Middle?
Weigh top down versus bottom up API design through a real project connecting a Unity front end to a back end over AMQP, exploring the balance between them.
- 12/19/2015(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 5 minute read
What Makes Good Code? - Patterns and Practices Series
Discover how this Patterns and Practices series defines good code through extensibility, maintainability, testability, and readability for developers.
- 06/29/2015(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 4 minute read
Yeah, We're an "Agile" Shop
Examine why many software teams claim to be agile without truly practicing its principles, and why that mismatch isn't necessarily a problem.
- 04/08/2015(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 2 minute read
Should My Method Do This? Should My Class?
Reflects on applying the single responsibility principle to classes and methods, sharing lessons from a project where asking whose job it is paid off.
- 12/07/2014(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 2 minute read
MyoSharp - Update On The Horizon
Get an update on MyoSharp, the open source C# wrapper for Thalmic's Myo, plus troubleshooting tips for connection and SDK version mismatches.
- 10/06/2014(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 10 minute read
Controlling a Myo Armband with C#
Discover MyoSharp, an open source C# library wrapping the Myo armband SDK with PInvoke, adding pose sequences, held poses, and roll, pitch, and yaw data.
- 04/07/2014(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 8 minute read
IronPython: A Quick WinForms Introduction
See how to run Python scripts from a C# WinForms app with IronPython, capturing console output in a TextBox using a custom stream wrapper and error handling.
- 11/05/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 6 minute read
Quality & Agility in Software: Session With Paul Carvalho
Notes from a software quality session with Paul Carvalho covering how teams define quality, avoid miscommunication, and build shared expectations.
- 11/04/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 17 minute read
Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface
Learn how Android Fragments let you build a tabbed user interface, breaking activities into modular views that adapt across phones and tablets.
- 10/01/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 8 minute read
Dynamic Programming with Python and C#
See how C#'s dynamic keyword lets you call Python classes with IronPython, from instantiating objects to dynamically adding new properties at runtime.
- 09/23/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 10 minute read
Python, Visual Studio, and C#... So. Sweet.
Discover how IronPython bridges Python and C# inside Visual Studio, based on one developer's firsthand experience exploring dynamic language programming.
- 08/14/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 7 minute read
API: Don't Forget About The Non-Public API!
Learn why overlooking the non public API can weaken framework design, with a practical look at audience and how consumers interact with your classes.
- 07/25/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 12 minute read
How and Why to Avoid Excessive Nesting
A practical look at why excessive nesting in code hurts readability and refactoring, with a contrived example showing how tangled conditionals get.
- 07/22/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 3 minute read
Keep Your Fields Private
A look at why keeping class fields private and exposing properties instead supports better control, abstraction, and long-term flexibility in your code design.
- 07/13/2013(Updated 07/13/2026)
- 4 minute read
What Makes a Good API?
Practical guidelines for designing a good API, focused on keeping method inputs generic and making return values as information rich as possible.