C#, Java, C++ Performance

1) C#, Java and C++
Microbenchmarking C++, C#, and Java   (DDJ 2005 )
C# versus C++ versus Java performance comparison
Java Performance
The Computer Language Benchmarks Game
Debunking C# vs C++ Performance

2) for C# Only
Compiling .NET to Machine Code
How to Write High-Performance C# Code | .NET Developer’s Journal (2004)
Performance (C#) (MSDN)
Effective C# – Part I 
How to write friendlier code for the Garbage Collector and to gain performance boost
An in depth look at for loops  and For loop follow up (Disagreeing with Richter?!)
3) example
High-Performance Timer in C# / General / C#   [another]

Linq (3)

I posted the question and get an answer
Hi I get the followwing direcories by calling GetDirectories()

c:\app\20090331\
c:\app\20090430\
c:\app\20090531\
c:\app\20090630\
c:\app\20090731\
c:\app\20090831\

I want to the directories between 20090531 and 20090731, How can I do it by Linq?
the answer is
var query = directories .Where(x => { return (String.Compare(x, @”c:\app\20090531″) > 0 && String.Compare(x, @”c:\app\20090731″) < 0) ;});

What a advanced C# developer should know

1.  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/365489/questions-every-net-developer-should-be-able-to-answer
2. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1099621/what-all-should-an-expert-c-net-wpf-developer-know
3. “What Great .NET Developers Ought To Know”,

Linq(2) to DataTable

Generally we need get an  initial dataset  from Database by Sql   and then use  linq to filter it again to serve different purposes.   the article show how to create a tableView based on linq:

EnumerableRowCollection query   

              = from customer in dtCustomer.AsEnumerable()   

                where customer.Field(“State”) == “NJ”  

                select customer;   

            DataView njview = query.AsDataView();  

the chapter Chapter 14 in LinQ in Action gives us the details.  and Other examples on the web and Linq to DataTable  example1 

Points to understand Linq:  (from Joseph Rattz’s book)
1)  linq, a query,  returnes set of objects is called a sequence.  Most linq sequences are of type IEnumerable<T>
2)  a lambda expression in C# with format:   
         a) (param1, param2, …paramN) => expr
         b)  (param1, param2, …paramN) =>   {   statement1; statement2; … statementN; return(lambda_expression_return_type); }
       e.g:    x => x.Length > 0   could be read as   “input x returns x.Length > 0.”

Linq Wiki
get data from Excel by linq

 

 

 

LINQ

1) How to use Aggregate functions with LINQ to SQL
2) http://www.linqpad.net/
3)  Chasing Tail: C# needs Linq to be (really) functional language

4 microsoft 101 samples

5: 7 tricks to simplify your programs with LINQ | Igor Ostrovsky Blogging

DataTable to Excel

1) cliperboard
   http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/C_Sharp/Q_23003697.html
2) CSV file
    http://gis.utah.gov/code-c-/c-convert-ado-net-datatable-to-excel-spreadsheet-3
3) interop

4)  XML
ds as new dataset
ds.tables.add(yourtable)
ds.writexml(“yourfile”)

WPF basics

Dependency Property (Notes from WPF unleashed  p45-57)

dependency properties add value on top of plain .NET properties:
. Change notification  — Whenever the value of a dependency property changes, WPF can automatically
                                                 trigger a number of actions depending on the property’s metadata, see trigger
. Property value inheritance  — flowing of property values down the element tree.
. Support for multiple providers  — a five-step process  (see p57)

want the text in each Button from the About dialog in  to turn blue when the mouse pointer hovers over it.
normal way	with WPF trigger
<Button MouseEnter=”Button_MouseEnter” MouseLeave=”Button_MouseLeave”              MinWidth=”75” Margin=”10”>Help</Button> <Button MouseEnter=”Button_MouseEnter” MouseLeave=”Button_MouseLeave”               MinWidth=”75” Margin=”10”>OK</Button> … void Button_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {         Button b = sender as Button;         if (b != null)               b.Foreground = Brushes.Blue; } // Restore the foreground to black when the mouse exits the button void Button_MouseLeave(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {        Button b = sender as Button;        if (b != null)               b.Foreground = Brushes.Black; }	<Trigger Property=”IsMouseOver” Value=”True”>       <Setter Property=”Foreground” Value=”Blue”/> </Trigger>

For example, the data binding system in WPF is rooted in the FrameworkElement.DataContext dependency property.  The value of that property is inherited by all descendant elements. For more see Josh’s blog

Business objects – without  dependency properties  (see the details )  
For a business object being bound, there are certain requirements for automatic change notification. There are three approaches you can take:

• Implement dependency properties in your business object. 
• Raise an event named <Property Name>Changed. This event must match the property name, and the class must raise the event.
• Implement the INotifyPropertyChanged in the System.ComponentModel namespace. This interface defines a PropertyChanged event. The business object must fire this event every time any property value changes.

SAPI

I ran into speech demo Programming Speech in WPF – Speech Synthesis  which is based on Speech Application Programming Interface or SAPI  SDK  5.3  and found sound quality is not good because Xp default voice engine is  
Mircrosoft  Sam (you can find what voice engines have been installed on the computer by following Control Panel->Speech->Speech Properties->Text To Speech tab->Voice selection drop down window)
Try to download Microsoft Anna for my XP.

from
SpeechSynthesizer ttsSynth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
 ttsSynth.SelectVoice(“Microsoft Anna”);
//ttsSynth.Volume =  //ttsSynth.Rate 
 ttsSynth.Speak(“Greetings, my name is ” + ttsSynth.Voice.Name);

WPF Resources — open source

2D/3D Chart :
  visifire

Back to Basics (3)

Event
An event is a message sent by an object to signal the occurrence of an action (such as mouse click, or some program logic).
event sender:      The object that raises the event
event receiver:   The object that captures the event and responds to it

A delegate is thus equivalent to a type-safe function pointer or a callback