Subj : What languages do you guy
To   : Deavmi
From : jagossel
Date : Fri Mar 24 2017 07:09:00

  Re: What languages do you guys know?
  By: Deavmi to jagossel on Thu Mar 23 2017 05:47 pm

 > How is C#? Do you like the language?

I love using C# and has been the go-to (no pun intended... or was it?)
language for quick scripts in LINQPad. There has been improvements in the
language over time. If you're interested and have some time, take a look at
what was added to C# 5 through C# 7. They have been putting in new keywords and
quirky syntax to help reduce the boiler plate coding. The .NET and Mono
frameworks does help out even further.

Take a look at an example of setting a default value between C# 5 and C# 6:

// C# 5
class GraphPoint {
  private int _x = 0;
  public int X {
    get { return _x; }
    set { _x = value; }
  }

  private int _y = 0;
  public int Y {
    get { return _y; }
    set { _y = value; }
  }
}

// C# 6
class GraphPoint {
  public int X { get; set; } = 0;
  public int Y { get; set; } = 0;
}

There are many other syntax sugars in C# 7, but the defaulted auto properties
from C# 6 was thhe most noted one for me.

If you work with databases a great deal, or having to deal with collections,
LINQ in C# is like SQL:

var localCities =
  from city in cities
  where city.PostalCode = "29209"
  select city;

Or use the LINQ extension method with the lambda expression:

var localCities = cities.Where(c => c.PostalCode = "29209");

Underneath the Where() extension method or the where clause in LINQ is a "yield
return"; which is not executed right away until it is actually used in an
actual loop without the "yield return".

I appologize for a long post, but I get really passionate about this kind of
thing. I've been at the same job for 8 years where they use C#, XML, XSLT, SQL,
and DSL; therefore, I have a lot of experience with C# and .NET.

-jag
Code it, script it, automate it!
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