(Ged Mead) I was looking through some questions I answered a while back and came across this problem where someone wanted to read text from a file, strip out the commas, and then store the individual items in an in-memory List. Here’s the way I did it:

When using a pattern where caught exceptions are wrapped within new exceptions and rethrown, it may be necessary to examine the originating exception object. The Exception class includes a method that makes this simple to achieve.

(Sheonarayan) In this article, we are going to have a fresh look at “what is Silverlight,how to install it,How will I know if Silverlight runtime is installed on my machine,what is XAML”.

(Mahesh Sabnis) In this article, I will demonstrate how to implement custom validation rules in ASP.NET MVC3. MVC 3 being an extensible framework, makes it possible for the developer to add user defined specific custom validations using custom data annotations.

(Bertrand Le Roy) I’m not very satisfied with traditional database backup solutions. It seems like almost no progress was made since SQL Server 6.5 (at least for the built-in tools).

(Ben Nadel) In JavaScript, we can sub-class native data types by extending the native prototypes. This works perfectly with the native String object; but, when it comes to native Arrays, things don’t work quite so nicely.

(Dan Mabbutt) To understand threading, we have to make sure some of the foundation concepts are clear first. First up is that threading is something that happens because the operating system supports it. In particular, Microsoft Windows is a pre-emptive multitasking operating system.

(Scott Guthrie) This is the seventh in a series of blog posts I’m doing on ASP.NET 4.5.

The fifteenth part of the Parallel Programming in .NET tutorial leaves the examination of imperative programming using loops and tasks. It starts the description of declarative programming using Parallel Language-Integrated Query.

(Mamta M) This article covers LINQ to SQL with WPF, and binding the SelectedItem of a ListBox control.