A C# Command-Line Parser
.NET applications can use Environment.CommandLine to access any command-line arguments that were supplied to the program. However, there's more work to do if your command line support many options. Here's a command-line parser class to make it easy.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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An LCD Control
This article presents a simple user control that emulates an LCD display. You can use it to create a mechanical look to your data display.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Friday, December 31, 2010
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A Google DoubleClick Custom Web Control
Here's a custom web control that makes it very easy to display Google DoubleClick for Publisher (DFP) ads on an ASP.NET website.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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A Case-Insensitive Version of String.Replace()
The String.Replace() method is useful for easily replacing all occurrences of a substring with another substring. However, this method is always case-sensitive. Here is an extension method that implements a case-insensitive version of String.Replace().
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Reading and Writing CSV Files in MFC
Here's a handy class for working with comma-separated values (CSV) files.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Friday, December 17, 2010
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Creating a User-Friendly TimeSpan String
The .NET TimeSpan class is great for keeping track of the difference between two instances of DateTime. However, while TimeSpan has a lot of formatting options, none of them produce a very user-friendly result. Here's a class I wrote to produce a much friendly description from a TimeSpan.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Tuesday, October 09, 2012
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A Random Image Rotator Control
Here's a web user control that will randomly rotate images from a list of image files. Each image file in the list can be flagged as active or inactive and the control will only display images flagged as active. Simply edit the file list to change which images are displayed on your website.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Saturday, October 27, 2012
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Colorizing Source Code
Here's some C# classes you can use to colorize source code you plan to display on a web page. This code can be used to colorize source code for just about any programming language.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Monday, December 20, 2010
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Converting Text to a URL-Friendly Slug
It is common practice these days to include a URL-friendly version of your title, often called a slug, within your URLs. Here's a simple routine to generate one.
By Jonathan Wood •
Updated on Sunday, December 12, 2010
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Extending LINQ with Random Operations
You can create extension methods to extend LINQ. Here's some code I came up with for extending LINQ to return random list items and shuffle lists.
By Jonathan Wood •
Created on Saturday, September 22, 2012
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