A 5 minute lighting talk covering C# language features that have been present since version 1.0 which you may not be fully aware of, or be using to their fullest potential.

1. Christopher Fairbairn
Software Developer
ARANZ Medical Limited
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2. Not too many years ago…
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3. Type Aliases
Why are int and Int32
shown in different
colours?
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4. Type Aliases
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5. Conditional Compilation
Why does
Debug.WriteLine only
work in Debug builds?
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6. Conditional Compilation
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7. Conditional Compilation
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8. Properties vs Fields
Why should I use a
property instead of a
field?
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9. Properties vs Fields
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10. Const vs Readonly
Are there two keywords
which do exactly the
same thing?
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11. Const vs Readonly
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12. Resources
Design Guidelines for
Class Library Developers
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13. .NET User Group
2nd or 3rd Wednesday of
each month
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