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Top Questions
1181 votes

How to mark a method as obsolete or deprecated?

c# .net versioning deprecated asked Nov 18, 2009 at 21:53
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834 votes

window.onload vs document.onload

javascript event-handling dom-events asked Feb 25, 2009 at 21:45
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122 votes

Intercept page exit event

javascript internet-explorer dom-events asked Nov 9, 2009 at 22:56
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51 votes

Retrieve the Current App version from Package

c# windows-store-apps uwp windows-store prism-storeapps asked Feb 20, 2015 at 17:52
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44 votes

How to check for valid xml in string input before calling .LoadXml()

c# .net xml exception-handling asked Sep 17, 2008 at 18:46
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29 votes

Compilation error - ICE80: The 64BitComponent ... uses 32BitDirectory

c# .net compiler asked Dec 18, 2009 at 15:58
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26 votes

Design Patterns (or techniques) for Scalability

design-patterns scalability high-availability asked Sep 17, 2009 at 15:02
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17 votes

Adding an extension method to the string class - C#

c# .net string extension-methods string-formatting asked Nov 4, 2009 at 19:54
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15 votes

Are there any benefits to using HtmlTextWriter if you are not going to benefit from adaptive rendering?

c# stream conventions htmltextwriter asked Feb 21, 2009 at 20:49
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15 votes

Why is an out parameter not allowed within an anonymous method?

c# anonymous-methods out-parameters ref-parameters asked Oct 28, 2009 at 15:03
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Top Answers
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How to mark a method as obsolete or deprecated?
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How to tell if a browser is in "quirks" mode?
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What is the difference between MVC and MVVM?
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Method vs Property in C# - what's the difference
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The Coolest Server Names
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What is the worst interview question?
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45
SQL Server 2008 - find table with most rows
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The plural of "index"–"indexes" or "indices"?
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Indexes or Indices?
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37
Where can I find video lectures on software engineering?
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37
Significant new inventions in computing since 1980
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36
Getting a list of logical drives
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27
Wiki: Irritating phrases you are subjected to in "the enterprise"
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26
Should developers *really* have private offices?
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25
Javascript: Cast Math.sqrt to int?
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23
How to run Unix shell script from Java code?
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20
What is the time it takes you to write a line of code?
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20
How to prevent downloading images and video files from my website?
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19
How to display text in the browser status bar?
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18
What is the worst interviewee answer?
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18
Technical reasons behind formatting when incrementing by 1 in a 'for' loop?
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17
In MVC3, how to get the current action name?
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17
How do you monitor network traffic on the iPhone?
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What is this algorithm called?
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The Coolest Server Names
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Where do you set up email settings in teamcity?
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16
Preventing brute force attacks against ssh?
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How long does code last?
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15
How can I make the computer beep in C#?
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Using CSV as a mutable database?
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