Using Constructors and Destructors by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 20, 2009
Constructors and destructors control the creation and destruction of objects.

How Objects Are Created and Destroyed by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 14, 2009
Objects begin life when an instance of a class is created using the New keyword. New objects often require initialization tasks to be performed before they are used for the first time.

Initializing Compound Values by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Lambda expressions and extension methods provide us with everything we need for queries that simply filter members out of a sequence of values.

Deferred Query Evaluation by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Observant readers may have noted that the standard Where operator is implemented using the yield construct introduced in C# 2.0.

Classes vs. Standard Modules by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Both classes and modules are reference types that encapsulate items defined within, but they differ in how these items are accessed from other procedures.

Walkthrough: Defining Classes by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
This walkthrough demonstrates how to use class modules to define classes, from which you can then create objects.

Classes: Blueprints for Objects by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Classes are symbolic representations of objects; they describe the properties, fields, methods, and events that make up objects in the same way that blueprints describe the items that make up a building.

Extension Methods by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 08, 2009
Lambda expressions are one important piece of the query architecture.

Lambda Expressions and Expression Trees by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 08, 2009
Many query operators allow the user to provide a function that performs filtering, projection, or key extraction.

Getting Started with Standard Query Operators by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
Getting Started with Standard Query Operators

.NET Language-Integrated Query by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
After two decades, the industry has reached a stable point in the evolution of object-oriented (OO) programming technologies.

Calling a Property or Method Using a String Name by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
In most cases, you can discover the properties and methods of an object at design time, and write code to handle them.

Determining Object Type by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
Generic object variables (that is, variables you declare as Object) can hold objects from any class.

Window Resizing by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
Although absolute positioning of objects by using a Canvas is useful in some scenarios.

The Layout System in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
The term layout describes the process of sizing and positioning objects in your Silverlight-based application.

The Silverlight Plug-in Position and Dimensions by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
The Silverlight plug-in defines the area that the Silverlight-based application is displayed in.

Colors and Brushes for Text Foreground by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
The Foreground property enables you to specify a Brush for the rendered text.

Text Elements in Silvelight by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
Text Elements in Silvelight

Adding, Deleting, and Retrieving Items from a Collection by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
The Collection class contains built-in functionality to allow you to add, delete and retrieve items. The use of this functionality is demonstrated below.

Properties and Methods of the Collection Class by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
Each Collection object includes properties and methods you can use to insert, delete, and retrieve the items in the collection. The following table lists these items.

The Visual Basic .NET Collection Class by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
A collection is a way of grouping a set of related items.

Creating Collections of Objects by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 03, 2009
Collections are objects themselves.

Collections in Visual Basic .NET by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 03, 2009
In general terms, a collection is a way of grouping and managing related objects. This simple definition, however, describes a somewhat complex reality.

Creating Arrays of Objects by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 03, 2009
You declare and use arrays of an object type just as you would declare and use an array of any data type.

Passing Objects to Procedures by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 01, 2009
Visual Basic .NET allows you to pass objects as arguments to procedures in the same way that you pass other types of arguments.