Recent Review: C# & VB.Net Conversion

I wanted to write this quick blog entry to let you know I recently performed a review on a book called, "C# & VB.NET Conversion". This book basically acts as a reference to help in the process of converting from C# to VB.Net (or vice versa).

For under $6 (for used versions) it's well worth the read. It was written quite some time ago, but still very much applies in today's uses.

You can read my blog entry, "Review: C# & VB.Net Conversion" at: http://codingchat.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-c-vbnet-conversion.html

Until next time, Happy Coding!

Why is Garbage Collection uncontrollable?

This is partially true. The Garbage Collection is a set of classes that is a part of .NET Framework’s Common Language Runtime (CLR). The reason it is percieved as being uncontrollable is because Microsoft uses the Garbage Collection classes at unknown times. Thus, it is unpredictable. The part that is untrue of this class being uncontrollable is that the developer can call its methods at anytime and force the Garbage Collection to occur.

If you would like to read more detail of how to do this and how the Garbage Collection class works you can read a detailed summary I have prepared of the Garbage Collection class in another blog called “A brief look at Garbage Collection”. I would recommend reading the blog because the Garbage Collection class affects each developer regardless of chosen programming language.

Welcome to C # Helper Blog

This blog is intended to focus on helping the beginning C # (pronounced C-Sharp) programmer. This blog will cover topics such as what a keyword is, how to use a keyword, how to declare a variable, etc. This blog will not cover topics in-depth that are clearly beyond the capability of a beginning / novice C # programmer. This blog will not cover topics that are unrelated to C #.

If you are looking to read a blog that covers additional topics and languages please read my Program / Coding Chat blog (http://codingchat.blogspot.com).

If you are looking to read a blog that will help you to learn how to program in the Visual Basic language, please read my Visual Basic Helper blog (http://visualbasichelper.blogspot.com).

Thank you,
James