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Understanding and Implementing Factory Pattern in C#

by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article, we will try to understand what is Factory Pattern, what are the benefits of this pattern and how we can implement this pattern using C#.

On the fly Code Generation with Evolutility

by Evoluteur

A generic Web User Interface for CRUD applications generating all screens at run-time based on external metadata. It comes with sample applications for address book, memo pad, to do list, restaurants list, wine cellar, and database structure documentation that are easily customizable.

Fluent Interface Pattern in C# - With Inheritance Problem

by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Fluent Interface Pattern in C#

MatchKit Library

by fabio bussu

MatchKit is a .NET Library that provides a set of classes to build patterns to match simple and complex strings

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How to Use Polly In C#: Easily Handle Faults And Retries

by Dev Leader

Learn how to use Polly in C# to handle faults and retries with ease! Check out three code examples showcasing different use cases of Polly in C#!

Command Pattern in C# – What You Need to Implement It

by Dev Leader

Learn what the Command Pattern in C# is and the design principles it follows. Understand the pros and cons!

Dynamic Strategy State Pattern

by Stridemann

Example of use of this pattern in game development

Traversal State Pattern

by Stridemann

A Pattern for Identifying Processed Entities During Iteration Without Additional Collections

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Understanding and Implementing Factory Pattern in C#

9 Feb 2015 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article, we will try to understand what is Factory Pattern, what are the benefits of this pattern and how we can implement this pattern using C#.

On the fly Code Generation with Evolutility

11 Jun 2010 by Evoluteur

A generic Web User Interface for CRUD applications generating all screens at run-time based on external metadata. It comes with sample applications for address book, memo pad, to do list, restaurants list, wine cellar, and database structure documentation that are easily customizable.

Fluent Interface Pattern in C# - With Inheritance Problem

5 Mar 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Fluent Interface Pattern in C#

MatchKit Library

21 Apr 2014 by fabio bussu

MatchKit is a .NET Library that provides a set of classes to build patterns to match simple and complex strings

An Absolute Beginner's Tutorial on Understanding and Implementing Singleton Pattern in C#

20 Jan 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article is yet another explanation and implementation of the singleton pattern.

WCF by Example - Chapter VII - Decoupling of WCF Services from the ViewModel

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

Baseline WCF Distribution Layer - Decoupling of WCF Services and ViewModels.

Much Ado About NULL

26 Feb 2015 by Giovanni Scerra

Patterns to prevent null reference exceptions

The Rule of Transparency

2 May 2015 by Giovanni Scerra

An introduction to transparency in software design, with particular focus on OO languages

SOLID Principles: The Liskov Principle -> What, Why and How

11 Nov 2018 by Christian Vos

SOLID principles: The Liskov Principle, a simple example in C#

Building an application using design patterns and principles in C# Part II

23 Apr 2013 by Jon Woo

I am writing this article to demonstrate how to build an application from scratch using SOLID principles and common design patterns

Logging Proxy in C#

9 May 2022 by Mark Pelf

In this article, we build a practical reusable Logging Proxy in C#

Service Locator Pattern in C#

13 Jul 2022 by Mark Pelf

Beginner’s tutorial on Service Locator Pattern with examples

Observer Pattern in C#

11 Sep 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Observer pattern in C#

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Visitor Pattern in C# - 5 Versions

28 Feb 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article describing Visitor Pattern in C#

Wrapper Pattern for Silverlight and WPF

14 Feb 2010 by Nicolas Dorier

A design pattern to easily bind or animate properties that do not exist on an element, and which works in both Silverlight and WPF

Add Aspects to Object Using Dynamic Decorator

29 Sep 2010 by Gary H Guo

Discuss how to add aspects to object at runtime and enhance them using Dynamic Decorator

Reusing ADO.NET Code using Template Design Pattern

16 Jul 2015 by Shivprasad koirala

In this article, we will demonstrate Template Pattern reusing ADO.NET.

A generic equality comparer library which will work across types

14 Nov 2013 by shijo joseph

An extension methods library which could do the equality comparison operations easily

A Simplified Parameterized Query Class in Classic ASP

19 Mar 2014 by David Cantrell

In which a class that wraps an ADO Connection object and makes it more developer-friendly is discussed.

Violating Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)

6 Sep 2013 by Ryszard Dżegan

How to not damage yourself when using inheritance.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014 by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Software Developers are lazy but smart, that's why we RAD: The PHP.Show Concept

8 Oct 2015 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

A look at a flexible Java MySQL CRUD PHP script generator

Extending Object Behavior with the Decorator Pattern in C#

5 Apr 2023 by Kenji Elzerman

C# decorator pattern allows adding behavior to objects at runtime. In this tutorial, I show you how to implement the decorator pattern with C# in a minimal API.

Using Rails Service Objects to Keep Code Clean

29 Aug 2022 by Aleksandr Ulanov

What are Service Objects and how you can use them to make your app cleaner and keep it maintainable

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SystemFramework library

24 Nov 2011 by Scanix

SystemFramework defines interfaces, classes, and types to support a native runtime system with its own garbage collector, delegates, etc. The design of SystemFramework classes is similar to those of the .NET Framework.

MVP Pattern

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

MVP (Model View Presenter) FrameworkThe MVP pattern is an Architecture Pattern used to build ASP.net applications. It refers to splitting up the

C# - Value Object Pattern, Data Transfer Object Pattern

7 Feb 2023 by Mark Pelf

Beginner’s tutorial on VO and DTO Patterns with examples

Design Patterns

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Design PatternsDesign patterns are recognized solutions to common problems defined originally by the Gang of Four programmers. Design patterns are

When Creating An Interface and/or Abstract Class is an Overkill

13 Oct 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This is a small tip containing my thoughts on why we should not blindly create interfaces and/or abstract class for each and every class in our application.

Model view controller to write easily maintainable and extendable application

23 Jan 2012 by malakar.anil

This article explains how to write easily maintainable and extendable application using MVC

Visitor Pattern

14 Jan 2014 by ASP.NET Community

The visitor design pattern enables us to create new operations to be performed on an existing structure. The new operations don’t change the

Iterator Pattern

19 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The iterator pattern’s role is to provide a way to access aggregate objects sequentially without the knowledge of the structure of the aggregate.

C#11 - Immutable Object Pattern

6 Feb 2023 by Mark Pelf

Basic tutorial on Immutable Object Pattern along with C# examples

Dynamic Strategy State Pattern

11 Dec 2023 by Stridemann

Example of use of this pattern in game development

Observer Pattern

2 Dec 2009 by ASP.NET Community

Observer pattern

Rolex (Interim Release 0.4): A Lexer Generator in C#

31 Jan 2020 by honey the codewitch

Add fast scanners/tokenizers to your C# project

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Traversal State Pattern

9 Dec 2023 by Stridemann

A Pattern for Identifying Processed Entities During Iteration Without Additional Collections

BizTalk Value Mapping Caching Pattern

10 Jan 2012 by Naveen Karamchetti

The article attempts to explain when to use the value map caching pattern in BizTalk integrations

Security Guidelines and Recommendations

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

There's a great deal of good prescriptive security guidance out there in the form of whitepapers and books.Whitepaperspatterns & practices

RegularExpressionValidator

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The RegularExpressionValidator control confirms that the entry matches a pattern defined by a regular expression. This type of validation allows you

State

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

StateThe State pattern allows an object to change it behaviour when its internal state changes. The pattern is a type of behavioral design

Proxy

12 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Proxy Design PatternThe Gang Of Four definition of this design pattern is "Provides a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access

Abstract Factory

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Abstract FactoryThe Gang of Four defintion for this design pattern is: "Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependant objects

Enterprise Library

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Enterprise Library"The patterns & practices Enterprise Library from Microsoft is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with

Cached Data Reference Pattern in ASP.Net

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Whenever an attempt is made to access data from the cache, it should be with the assumption that the data might not be there any more. Thus,

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The Bridge PatternThe bridge pattern decouples an abstraction from its implementation so the two can vary independently. In other words we make a

Iterator Pattern

14 Jan 2014 by ASP.NET Community

The iterator pattern’s role is to provide a way to access aggregate objects sequentially without the knowledge of the structure of the aggregate. The

Builder Pattern

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The builder pattern describe a way to separate an object from it's construction.The same construction method can create different representation of

Prototype Pattern

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The prototype is built upon the use of object cloning. The prototype creates new objects by cloning one of its concrete classes. The prototype is

Flyweight Pattern

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The flyweight pattern is used whenever you have large amount of small objects that share common information. The use of the pattern reduces the

IDisposable Pattern

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The IDisposable pattern isn't one of the a classic patterns. It's a pattern suggested in MSDN to implement the IDisposable interface. You should be

Reverse Decorator in JavaScript, or Chain of Responsibility

20 Jul 2020 by Arlo Weston

Implementation of the Chain of Responsibility Pattern in JavaScript

Combined Regular Expression Search

1 Apr 2014 by Farhad Alizadeh Noori

This article details the implementation of an efficient grouped regular expression searcher.

SOLID Principles: The Open Closed Principle -> What, Why and How

29 Jun 2013 by Christian Vos

SOLID principles: The Open Closed Principle, a simple example in C#

Doing Delegates Differently - Part 1

8 Nov 2015 by DotNetSteve

Using delegates to group, conquer cross cutting concerns and create dynamic validators

CQRS : A Cross Examination Of How It Works

21 May 2015 by Sacha Barber

A look at how a CQRS app may work, with the added bonus of a demo app

Building an application using design patterns and principles in C# - Part III

23 Apr 2013 by Jon Woo

This one will demonstrate what the point of coding principles are

Kerosene ORM Maps In Depth

1 Mar 2015 by mbarbac

A deep dive into the Kerosene ORM Entity Maps operational mode that provides full real support for POCO objects.

Use Dependency Injector "Ninject" to dynamically choose between ORM's (Entity Framework or Dapper) and Databases (SQL Server or Oracle Database)

30 Nov 2015 by Sreekanth Mothukuru

The idea is to use Dependency Injector (DI) framework Ninject to dynamically target our application to SQL Server or Oracle database either by using Entity framework (EF) or Dapper ORM using global settings

Duplicate songs detector via audio fingerprinting

23 Jun 2020 by Ciumac Sergiu

Explains sound fingerprinting algorithm, with a practical example of detecting duplicate files on the user's local drive.

WCF by Example - Chapter VIII - WPF Client - Relay Command

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

WPF ICommand implementation based on Josh Smith's pattern.

Adapter Design Pattern (C#)

16 May 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

The article explains Adapter pattern, implemented in C#.

An Absolute Beginner’s Tutorial for Understanding and Implementing Composite Pattern in C#

20 Jul 2017 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will This article we will try to understand what is composite design pattern.

A Belly Dance in Holy Lands of MVC, MVP and MVVM Patterns via JavaScript

27 Feb 2018 by Amir Jalilifard

Lets take an exciting travel to the land of MVC, MVP and MVVM patterns with our sexy friend : JavaScript

Learning MVC - Part 2: Creating MVC Application and Perform CRUD Operations Using LINQ to SQL

17 Mar 2015 by Akhil Mittal

Creating MVC Application & Perform CRUD operations using LINQ to SQL

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Make Your Coding Life Easy with Angular.js Providers!

3 Jan 2015 by Fiyaz Hasan

Get a clear definition on Angular.js providers. Know the structure and the basic difference.

Kerosene Dynamic Data Services

11 Mar 2014 by mbarbac

Implementing the Repository and Unit of Work Patterns dynamically using Kerosene ORM

Interceptor in the Wild

9 Apr 2015 by João Matos Silva

A near real world example of usage of the Interceptor Pattern to leverage new behavior without changing implementations

Learning Factory Pattern using C#

21 Feb 2016 by Shemeer NS

Explaining Factory Pattern in C# using a simple LoggerFactory

Understanding and Implementing Builder Pattern in C#

4 Oct 2012 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article talks about the Builder Design pattern, When can this pattern be used and when should it be implemented. We will then see a small rudimentary implementation of Builder pattern in C#.

Understanding and Implementing Decorator Pattern in C#

21 Oct 2012 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article talks about the basics of decorator pattern and see when this pattern can be found useful.

A Component and Message-Based Architectural Style C2

10 May 2014 by Emre Ataseven

Description of C2 architectural pattern with sample

How to Improve .NET Applications with AOP

11 May 2020 by Daniele Fontani

Learn how to configure dependency injection to make things happen by design

An Absolute Beginner's Tutorial on Dependency Inversion Principle, Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection

8 Jul 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will talk about the Dependency Inversion Principle, Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection.

Understanding and Implementing State Pattern in C#

11 Nov 2012 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article describes what is state pattern, when could we find state pattern useful and how to have a rudimentary implementation of state pattern in C#.

Magellan: An MVC-powered Navigation Framework for WPF

7 Sep 2010 by Paul Stovell

An introduction to Magellan, an Open Source navigation framework for WPF.

Learn C# Design patterns step by step with a project – Part 1

14 Jul 2015 by Shivprasad koirala

In this article we will learn C# Design pattern and Architecture pattern Step by Step with a project.

Learning MVC - Part 3: Creating MVC Application & Perform CRUD Operations Using EntityFramework

17 Mar 2015 by Akhil Mittal

How to create MVC application and perform CRUD operations using EntityFramework

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Asynchronous models and patterns

28 Mar 2013 by Florian Rappl

An introduction to async / await, popular mistakes and solutions for asynchronous programming, as well as usages and benefits from using asynchronous programming. We will also discuss interesting patterns based on concurrency.

Learning MVC Part 4 - Creating MVC Application with EntityFramework Code First Approach

17 Mar 2015 by Akhil Mittal

MVC Application using EntityFramework Code-First approach

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Dependency Injection Pattern in C# – Short Tutorial

9 Aug 2022 by Mark Pelf

We explain DI Pattern, DIP, IoC, DI Container

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C++ Runtime Polymorphism without Virtual Functions

5 Jan 2014 by Richard Tauber

Implementing dynamic polymorphism without virtual functions and sharing objects across process boundaries.

Strategy Pattern-C#

23 May 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

Explaining the strategy pattern using C#

JavaScript Design Patterns

3 Sep 2013 by Nitin Singh India

JavaScript has now emerged as the obvious language of client side web development. Right from start, browsers have introduced various features of support for accessing and modifying Document Object Model components. jQuery has abstracted most of native functionality into newer constructs and now pro

Building an application using design patterns and principles in C#

23 Apr 2013 by Jon Woo

I am writing this article to demonstrate how to build an application from scratch using SOLID principles and common design patterns

Learning MVC Part 6: Generic Repository Pattern in MVC3 Application with Entity Framework

17 Mar 2015 by Akhil Mittal

Unit of Work Pattern and Repository Pattern, and how to perform CRUD operations in an MVC application.

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Extending Kerosene ORM for WCF support

2 Mar 2015 by mbarbac

Kerosene ORM support for complete database-alike WCF services and connections

Understanding and Implementing Repository and Unit of Work Pattern in ASP.NET MVC Application

12 Apr 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try to see what is Repository and Unit of Work Pattern in an ASP.NET MVC application.

Problem Solving for Software Engineers

27 Aug 2021 by Giovanni Scerra

Strategies and heuristics of Problem Solving applied to Software Engineering

Understanding the Decorator Pattern

7 Feb 2013 by Abul Kayes

Implementation of the Decorator pattern in C# .NET.

Understanding and Implementing Facade Pattern in C#

21 Oct 2012 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article talks about the facade pattern. When is this pattern useful. This article also presents a rudimentary approach to implement the facade pattern.

Inversion of Control/Dependency Injection with Repository Pattern, Fluent Nhibernate, and LightCore Framework

17 Dec 2012 by Curtis Shull

Using IOC/DI and Repository Factory with LightCore.

Visitor Pattern

19 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

The visitor design pattern enables us to create new operations to be performed on an existing structure. The new operations don’t change the

Code First: A Practical Case

26 Feb 2012 by Samuel Gonzalo

A code first real life data model case

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Composite Application Reloaded

11 May 2011 by Super Lloyd

A much simpler composite application library.

WCF by Example - Chapter IX - WPF Client - Notify Property Change

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

WPF INotifyPropertyChanged implementation.

A Model-View-ViewModel Framework for Android

7 Dec 2015 by Ansel Castro

Introduction to ENTERLIB a MVVM framework for Android

Using Delegates to Address Common Programming Issues

25 Aug 2015 by K. Naveen. Bhat

The article shows how we can solve various technical problems easily with the help of delegates.

Function Decorator Pattern - Reanimation of Functions

15 Jun 2016 by wmjordan

This is an alternative for "Interceptor in the Wild". The Function Decorator Pattern offers a way to inject new behaviors into existing methods without using IoC frameworks nor modifying method implementations.

MVC Patterns (Active and Passive Model) and its implementation using ASP.NET Web forms

29 Oct 2013 by Khademul Basher

MVC Pattern and it's types and implementation using Passive Model.