Adam Houldsworth

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Age: 27

I'm an experienced C# developer working in Manchester.

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Sealed keyword affects the compiler's opinion on a cast

c# visual-studio-2010 compiler-errors asked Jan 18 '12 at 15:16

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Can I remove empty catch with throw?

c# .net exception-handling .net-remoting asked Jun 29 '11 at 8:26

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8 votes

Floor joists connection to eaves

flooring joists asked Jul 25 '11 at 11:18

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7 votes

When does MS-SQL maintain table indexes?

sql-server indexes query-performance asked Sep 21 '10 at 15:01

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7 votes

Conditional Breakpoints on Call Stack

c# visual-studio-2010 debugging conditional-breakpoint asked Apr 4 '11 at 15:06

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6 votes

How do I fit a joist in this small space?

flooring joists brackets asked Oct 27 '11 at 14:27

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5 votes

Refactoring large constructors

c# c#-4.0 refactoring asked Aug 31 '11 at 11:02

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5 votes

Treat visual representation of integer as hexadecimal to place in guid

c# .net asked Jul 31 '12 at 10:37

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What is a good choice of database for a small .NET application?

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The case for or against .NET (the beast)

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When to use try-finally blocks without Catch blocks

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What is 'this' used for in C# language?

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How to make class in C#, that can be cast to DateTime?

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Is C# really slower than say C++?

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Queue vs List in C#

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Reference types vs Nullable types ToString()

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!= null vs. =null

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About C# and Inheritance

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c# Dictionary: making the Key case-insensitive through declarations

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Navigate through dictionary <string, int> c#

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Empty “using” statement in Dispose

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Virtual methods without body

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Get file name from byte array or Stream

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What are the disadvantages of automated testing?

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Could this ExecuteScalar call be written better?

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Is finally block in C# a must?

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C# Select elements in list as List of string

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Can't add a reference to System.Web to my Windows Service aplication

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Inheritance base class reference C#

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Is there a list of .Net Exception types and advice on when to use them?

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C#: Should I use “if” instead of “while” when a Reader has only one element?

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Passing a class as a ref parameter in C# does not always work as expected. Can anyone explain?

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What does this parameter type constraint mean?

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Looking to design a tool to Translate Business logic from Stored Procedures to C# Business Layer

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Why does the async keyword exist

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More on implicit conversion operators and interfaces in C# (again)

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Why define the getter before the setter (coding convention)

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Should the hash code of null always be zero, in .NET

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