Invoking generic methods on the UI thread in C# WPF

Everybody knows that UI operations can be executed only on the UI thread. So sometimes when calls can originate from other threads as well, it is a must to check...

Hackerrank – a little mind teasing

While developing business applications one has to work on mathematical algorithms only on rare occasions. How often do you use dynamic programming or implement integer factorization? As for me rarely...

Git made easy – or at least easier

Whatever small project you are to start it is always highly advisable to use some sort of source control system. For quite some time Git is the most popular SC...

The Singleton Pattern – Revised

While in a previous post it is explained how the singleton pattern can be implemented using double checked locking or a static constructor, .NET 4.0 provides a dedicated class Lazy<T>...

Craft 2014 Budapest – Short Summary

The Craft 2014 conference has just finished on Friday. It was a really great event with well known and professional speakers. Among the presenters you could find Douglas Crockford, Bruce...