It's been pointed out that I didn't need to write the extension method RaiseToThePowerOf. BigInt has it's own static Pow method. I blame code blindness. So, with this in place Problem 25 is solved like this... 1: var ten = BigInt.FromInt32(10); 2: var nineninenine = BigInt.FromInt32(999); 3: var first1000DigitNumber...

UPDATE: It's been pointed out that the extension method RaiseToThePowerOf isn't required. I've updated the C# solution to Problem 25 here , but left this post "as is". This is part one of a three part post where myself and Giles Knap play around with C# and F# to see if we find anything useful or...

Howard van Rooijen has just announced that the Release Candidate for StyleCop for ReSharper is now available. If you like StyleCop (you do, don't you?) then you should definately take a look at this. Howard wants all your feedback, so go download StyleCop for ReSharper now.

I love writing code. Sometimes, though, not writing code is even better. Less code written means less to test, less to maintain, less to document etc etc. Ben Vincent, Lead Program Manager for Windows Live Calendar, likes to spend his free time pretending to be a developer ;-) Actually, he's going a...

I've been using StyleCop within Microsoft for some time now. I'm a big fan, and really excited to see that it's just been released to the rest of the world. Go find out about the release here .

We were discussing the use of the new modifier in C# in my team today, and I was expressing my opinion that I don't like it. The new modifier is used to explicitly hide a method in a base class. I'm sure there are good reasons to do this, but generally the use of the new modifier rings alarm bells for...

I'm currently in the process of setting up a new home for the SDC Tasks on CodePlex. As soon as the project is properly set up I'll announce the URL, but for the moment you can still access the code on GotDotNet. Alternatively, use the url www.BuildFramework.com which is an alias for the GDN project...

So, I tried to big-up Word 2007's blog publishing features in my last post and somewhat put my foot in it. Word 2007 in general does an excellent job of posting to blogs, but when I cut and paste from Visual Studio 2005 into Word 2007 what popped out of my blog was ok but not brilliant. I tried playing...

I've had some technical interviews recently. One of the hard parts of being interviewed is the part where you're asked to do some whiteboard coding. In the past the statement "could you write some code on the whiteboard" has caused my brain to reset and has left me standing there, with pen in hand, struggling...

If you're a user of the SBF framework and SDC Tasks then you should be aware that we've just uploaded a new version (v2.0.060717.001). This build fixes a few bugs in the BizTalk 2006 tasks, so if you're using these tasks then it's probably worth downloading this new version. The fixes and updates...

There's a new version of the Microsoft UK Solution Build Framework up on GotDotNet. This version has a bunch of new features and bug fixes including: Support for TFS Source Control New MSBuild tasks for Biztalk 2006 configuration Improvements to the Biztalk 2004 MSBuild Tasks However...

I've just finished watching one of the coolest videos I've seen on Channel9 for a long time. The recently Microsoft Robotics Group were showing off the Microsoft Robotics SDK. These tools allow anyone (hobbiest to commercial developer) to easily create robotic applications. A CTP of the Robotics SDK...

Guy Smith-Ferrier , a developer working in my team at the moment, is to present an MSDN webcast entitled "Creating Custom Cultures in the .NET Framework 2.0. Custom Cultures". Anyone serious about internationalization of .NET applications should check out this webcast . Also, look out for Guy's...