Useful Links

A collection of useful links, put in one place.

C#

Articles

• Threading in C# (Albahari) – In-depth threading text
• It’s All About the SynchronizationContext – Stephen Cleary describes the SynchronizationContext and how it’s used
• Can I skip the lock when reading an integer? (part 2) – Eric Lippert covers locking subtleties
• When everything you know is wrong (part 2, related) – Eric Lippert dispels myths about .NET finalizers
• CLR: Garbage Collection Inside Out (by Maoni) – Intro to the GC. Worth downloading the powerpoint directly
• Large Object Heap Uncovered (by Maoni) – More details on the .NET GC
• How does the ‘fixed’ keyword work? – How the compiler, JIT, CLR, and GC work together
• Understanding different GC modes with Concurrency Visualizer – Interesting visual look at how exactly the .NET GC operates in different modes.
• “foreach” cs “ForEach” – Why there’s no IEnumerable<T>.ForEach method

Misc

• .NET Platform Standard – Netstandard compatibility table
• .NET Core Reverse Package Search – Find the .NET Core NuGet package containing a particularly library
• Try Roslyn – Useful tool to quickly find out what the compiler’s generating under the hood
• C# Language Feature Status

Blogs

• Jon Skeet’s Coding Blog
• Eric Lippert’s Fabulous adventures in coding
• Raymond Chen’s The Old New Thing
• Stephen Cleary’s blog – Lots of stuff on threading
• Maoni’s WebLog – Articles on the .NET GC

Git

• Git Book
• Git from the bottom up
• A Note About Git Commit Messages – How to write a commit message

Misc

• Secure Salted Password Hashing – How to do it Properly
• Cryptographic Right Answers – Big list of ‘How to do X’
• If You’re Typing the Letters A-E-S Into Your Code You’re Doing It Wrong – A stark warning to never roll your own crypto
• iCacls - Modify Access Control List – Everything you need to know about icacls.exe