Tag: reference

  • LINQ to XML

    Seems that LINQ to XML does not get near as much attention as LINQ to SQL, but that’s a shame since there is a lot going on here too. The big improvements are in the XML document navigation, working with namespaces and document construction.

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  • Regular expressions are a tool, not a problem

    What are regular expressions?

    Regular expressions are a way to describe a pattern to match a piece of text.

    So if you want to find another “similar” word in a text, badly formatted phone numbers, or replace “same kind” of a (X)HTML element regardless of attributes, regular expressions are the way to go. Regular expression can be also referred to as a “regex” or “regexp”.

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