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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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Dynamic Strategy State Pattern

11 Dec 2023 by Stridemann

Example of use of this pattern in game development

Traversal State Pattern

9 Dec 2023 by Stridemann

A Pattern for Identifying Processed Entities During Iteration Without Additional Collections

Implementing Mediator Pattern using the MediatR Library

21 Sep 2023 by ashish__shukla

MediatR Library provides a simple way of implementing mediator pattern in .NET applications.

Overview of CQRS

20 Sep 2023 by ashish__shukla

Understanding CQRS pattern at a high level

C# Design Patterns: The Strategy Pattern

20 Apr 2023 by Kenji Elzerman

Learn how to use the strategy pattern in C# to create flexible and reusable code. Replace if-statements and simplify your code with this design pattern.

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.

C# - Value Object Pattern, Data Transfer Object Pattern

7 Feb 2023 by Mark Pelf

Beginner’s tutorial on VO and DTO Patterns with examples

C#11 - Immutable Object Pattern

6 Feb 2023 by Mark Pelf

Basic tutorial on Immutable Object Pattern along with C# examples

Observer Pattern in C#

11 Sep 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Observer pattern in C#

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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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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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dependency-injection

Service Locator Pattern in C#

13 Jul 2022 by Mark Pelf

Beginner’s tutorial on Service Locator Pattern with examples

Logging Proxy in C#

9 May 2022 by Mark Pelf

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

Decorator Pattern in C# - 3 Versions

1 Apr 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial on Decorator Pattern in C#, showing 3 versions in C#

Fluent Interface Pattern in C# - With Inheritance Problem

5 Mar 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Fluent Interface Pattern in C#

Visitor Pattern in C# - 5 Versions

28 Feb 2022 by Mark Pelf

Tutorial article describing Visitor Pattern in C#

Problem Solving for Software Engineers

27 Aug 2021 by Giovanni Scerra

Strategies and heuristics of Problem Solving applied to Software Engineering

Reverse Decorator in JavaScript, or Chain of Responsibility

20 Jul 2020 by Arlo Weston

Implementation of the Chain of Responsibility Pattern in JavaScript

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.

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

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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regular-expression

AngularJS MVC Repository Dispose

3 Apr 2019 by Mahsa Hassankashi

This is the simplest tutorial on AngularJS and Repository Pattern for developing professional MVC applications. It includes a source code about practical permission management project.

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#

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

Singleton Design Pattern in C#: Part 1

8 Jan 2018 by Akhil Mittal

This article covers Singleton Pattern in the most simplistic and easy to understand. The article will also talk about Static classes and the differences between singleton design pattern and static classes.

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.

JavaScript IIFE Design Pattern

15 Jun 2017 by Mayank_Gupta_

Immediately Invokable Function Expressions in JavaScript

A Framework Implementation using Pipe and Filter Architecture

6 Jun 2017 by Habibur Rony

Basic concept of pipe and filter; what is pipe and filter architectural style; when you need to use it; framework of the pipe and filter pattern; a tiny AI tool implementation using it

Decorator Design Pattern - Lambda Expressions Rework

29 Dec 2016 by Giorgio Arata

A Decorator Design Patterns revision obtained adopting a lambda closures approach.

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.

Understanding Retry Pattern with Exponential back-off and Circuit Breaker Pattern

6 Oct 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article, we will discuss the importance of retry pattern and how to implement it effectively in our applications.

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.

Learning Builder Pattern using C#

29 Feb 2016 by Shemeer NS

Explaining Builder Pattern in C# using a Simple TelevisionBuilder

Strategy Pattern-C#

24 Feb 2016 by Anton Angelov

This is an alternative for "Strategy Pattern-C#"

Learning Factory Pattern using C#

21 Feb 2016 by Shemeer NS

Explaining Factory Pattern in C# using a simple LoggerFactory

An idiots guide to Abstract Factory Pattern in C#

12 Feb 2016 by SubhamoyBurman

This is how an idiot like me explains what is Abstract Factory pattern and how it could be used

Collector, Translator And Formatter Pattern

3 Feb 2016 by Ranjan.D

Beginners guide to Collector, Translator And Formatter Pattern

Dependency Injection : How Exactly Inversion of Control Takes Place

26 Jan 2016 by Rasik Bihari Tiwari

Dependency injection, DI containers, IoC containers and Inversion of control are a world of confusion. Let's take them head-on.

Beginner's Tutorial on Understanding and Implementing Null Object Pattern in C#

21 Jan 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try to understand the Null object pattern.

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.

A Beginner's Tutorial For Understanding and Implementing Service Locator Pattern in C#

19 Jan 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try to understand the service locator pattern.

An Absolute Beginner's Tutorial for Understanding and Implementing Strategy Pattern in C#

17 Jan 2016 by Rahul Rajat Singh

The aim of this article is to understand the basics of the Strategy pattern.

Pipes, River, Rails and Binder Patterns - Part III

30 Dec 2015 by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A look at possible parallel-producer-consumer patterns. (Final Part)

Lexical Analysis At Your Fingertips.

26 Dec 2015 by Frank-Rene Schaefer

Using Quex to generate lexical analyzers

Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern with Good Example

23 Dec 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

In this article I would like to share my knowledge and an easy example for Chain of Responsibility design pattern.

A Model-View-ViewModel Framework for Android

7 Dec 2015 by Ansel Castro

Introduction to ENTERLIB a MVVM framework for Android

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

Doing Delegates Differently - Part 1

8 Nov 2015 by DotNetSteve

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

NULL Object Design Pattern

23 Oct 2015 by Shivprasad koirala

In this article we will explain about NULL Design Pattern in C#.

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

Generic Random Access Iterator

23 Sep 2015 by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Safe and versatile iterator for user types

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.

Flyweight Design Pattern

11 Aug 2015 by Pranay Rana

Flyweight pattern is about creating a pool of objects which allow sharing already created objects and causing applications to consume less memory.

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.

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.

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

The Rule of Transparency

2 May 2015 by Giovanni Scerra

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

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

Classes in JavaScript and Patterns in creating them.

1 Apr 2015 by Sudheer Reddy K

This article talks about how to mimic classes like structure in JavaScript and patterns in creating them.

In Depth Look: Strategy Design Pattern, Dependency Injection (DI), Open/Closed principle (OCP) and Loose Coupling

21 Mar 2015 by Priyank Modi

In Depth Look: Strategy Design Pattern, Dependency Injection (DI), Open/Closed principle (OCP) and Loose Coupling vs Tight Coupling

Learning MVC - Part 5 Repository Pattern in MVC3 Application with Entity Framework

17 Mar 2015 by Akhil Mittal

Repository pattern in MVC3 application with entity framework

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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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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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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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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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Extending Kerosene ORM for WCF support

2 Mar 2015 by mbarbac

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

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.

Much Ado About NULL

26 Feb 2015 by Giovanni Scerra

Patterns to prevent null reference exceptions

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#.

Chain of Responsibility - ReExplained

1 Feb 2015 by Lalit_Chandra

Chain of Responsibility pattern is defined under behavioral design pattern by G.O.F and used to decouple the command with its processing object or handler.

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.

Learn ASP.NET in MVC Style: Part 1 - Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 5

17 Dec 2014 by iSahilSharma

This article provides an overview of the web application framework ASP.NET MVC 5.

Pipes, River, Rails and Binder Patterns - Part I

8 Dec 2014 by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A look at possible parallel-producer-consumer patterns.

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Specification pattern in C#

1 Dec 2014 by Govindaraj Rangaraj

This article explains how to compose Linq queries in C# using Specification pattern.

WPF MVVM step by step (Basics to Advance Level)

19 Oct 2014 by Shivprasad koirala

An article presented by ShivPrasad Koirala which covers complete step by step tutorial on WPF MVVM Architecture like Leveraging PRISM, Simple 3 layer example and GLUE code problem, Adding actions, Decoupling actions and so on.

WebForms vs. MVC

26 Sep 2014 by Marla Sukesh

Is ASP.NET MVC replacement for Web Forms? No, Both have there pros and cons. Lets take a look at same.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014 by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Safe Factory Pattern - Private instance state in JavaScript

18 Jul 2014 by Duarte Cunha Leão

Enabling private state in any JavaScript object.

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Flyweight Design Pattern- C#

7 Jul 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

Implementing flyweight design pattern using C#

Strategy Pattern-C#

23 May 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

Explaining the strategy pattern using C#

Adapter Design Pattern (C#)

16 May 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

The article explains Adapter pattern, implemented in C#.

Understanding Repository and Unit of Work Pattern and Implementing Generic Repository in ASP.NET MVC using Entity Framework

13 May 2014 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will try understand the basics of Repository and Unit of Work Pattern and will also create small ASP.NET MVC sample application to implement a generic repository and unit of work class using entity framework.

A Component and Message-Based Architectural Style C2

10 May 2014 by Emre Ataseven

Description of C2 architectural pattern with sample

10 Golden Rules Of Good OOP

8 May 2014 by Giovanni Scerra

The following guidelines are not exhaustive and are meant to be applied on top of the SOLID principles and proper use of OO Design Patterns.

Facade Design Pattern (C#)

6 May 2014 by Rahul Dhammy

Implementing Facade design pattern in C#

Fast Postback and Model Binding

27 Apr 2014 by Anurag Gandhi

Faster way to save data on postback and simplified model binding with ASP.NET controls

Generic Abstract Factory

22 Apr 2014 by Jon Pajela

Generic Abstract Factory Design Pattern

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

Reusable Chain of responsibility in C#

3 Apr 2014 by Govindaraj Rangaraj

This article explains how to make chain of responsiblity pattern reusable with the help of specification pattern.

Combined Regular Expression Search

1 Apr 2014 by Farhad Alizadeh Noori

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

Abstract Factory Step-by-Step Implementation in C++

31 Mar 2014 by dorodnic

Step by Step Implementation of Abstract Factory Design Pattern in C++

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.

Kerosene Dynamic Data Services

11 Mar 2014 by mbarbac

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

Dependency Injection For Beginner - I

7 Feb 2014 by Pranay Rana

What is dependency injection and why there is need of this software design pattern.

Factory Method Pattern vs. Abstract Factory Pattern

28 Jan 2014 by Marla Sukesh

In this article we will learn difference between Factory Method Pattern and Abstract Factory Pattern.

Automatic Conversion of Physical Units

22 Jan 2014 by Petr Ivankov

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

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

C++ Runtime Polymorphism without Virtual Functions

5 Jan 2014 by Richard Tauber

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

Design Patterns - I (Introduction)

6 Dec 2013 by coded007

A Seriers to understand Design Patterns Completely