jaredpar's WebLog
Code, rants and ramblings of a programmer.
Blog Moving
As you may have noticed my blog has been a little stale over the last few years. A large part of...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 05/12/2014
Interviewing College Candidates
Lately I’ve been reading a lot about peoples interview processes and it inspired me to share...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/06/2014
Round tripping a VSIX project
Visual Studio 2012 introduced project file round tripping feature. This lets developers edit...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/04/2013
Immutable isn’t just for parallel code
For the last 6 months the BCL team has been hard at work shipping an out of band release of...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/02/2013
Don’t mix await and compound assignment
The 5.0 release of C# introduced the await keyword which makes it extremely easy to use...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/11/2013
Not all “true” are created equal
During a review of some low level bit manipulation logic a developer raised a question about...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 08/28/2012
Authoring a Utility Library for Visual Studio
As I’ve developed VsVim over the years I’ve authored quite a few reusable Visual Studio...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 05/07/2012
VsVim 1.0 Released
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/01/2011
DebuggerDisplay attribute best practices
The DebuggerDisplayAttribute is a powerful way to customize the way values are displayed at debug...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 03/18/2011
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.9.5)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 03/14/2011
Yet another way to defeat C++ const
One of my favorite C++ features, and one I feel is terribly underutilized in many code bases, is the...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 03/01/2011
Interesting Late Binding Scenario with ToString
Not to long ago I received an email from a customer who wanted to report a bug in the VB.Net...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/24/2011
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.9.4)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/12/2011
Why the debugging difference between C# and VB.Net return values?
A feature which seems to be getting more requests recently is support for seeing the return value of...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/12/2011
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.9.3)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 11/30/2010
Discriminated Unions in C++
Earlier this week I started writing a function which needed to represent three states in the return...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 11/18/2010
Automatically loading DLL’s in the debugger
In a recent post I discussed the apparent flakiness of extension methods and the debugger being a...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 10/18/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.9.2)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 10/14/2010
Improving the display of F# seq’s in the debugger
F#’s seq<T> expressions are a frustrating item to inspect at debug time. A seq<T>...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 09/10/2010
Converting System.Func<T1..TN> to FSharpFunc<T,TResult>
Interop of delegate style types between F# and other .Net languages is a pain point that results...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/27/2010
Advanced Multitargeting in VB.Net
Multi-targeting is a feature introduced in Visual Studio 2008 which allows developers to use new...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/23/2010
Extension Methods and the Debugger
One source of confusion I find myself clearing up a lot is the use of evaluating extension methods...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/22/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.8.2)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 07/09/2010
Do not throw a NullReferenceException when validing “this” in an extension method
One pattern I’ve started running into is developers explicitly throwing a NullReferenceException...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/28/2010
Avoiding automation bugs when implementing IOleCommandTarget
Shortly after Visual Studio 2010 shipped I wanted to experiment with the new VSIX format for...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/10/2010
Newlines in the immediate window
A question came up recently on stack overflow concerning the display of newlines in the immediate...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/08/2010
My next adventure
After 4+ years on the languages team it’s time for me to move onto the next adventure. I...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/07/2010
Using lambdas to create generic factories
One item I find to be limiting in C# is the new generic constraint. The syntax construct...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/04/2010
Why is LINQ absent from debugger windows (Part 2)?
Some readers may remember an article I published almost half a year ago about LINQ being absent from...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/02/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.8.1)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010. This is available on the extension...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/01/2010
Metablogging – changes to my blog
Recently the MSDN blog architecture got a long overdue update to a new infrastructure. Most of...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 06/01/2010
Nothing is private in the debugger (part 2)
In a previous post I discussed how accessibility is ignored when evaluating expressions in the...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 05/19/2010
Nothing is private in the debugger
The goal of the debugger is to provide rich inspection capabilities for a process. The main...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 05/17/2010
Making Equality Testing Simple
Getting equality correct on a .Net type is a fairly involved process involving adherence to a large...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 04/30/2010
Dictionary<TKey,TValue>.TryGetValue and Anonymous Types
One of the methods I find to be the most useful in .Net is the method...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 03/23/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.7.2)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 RC. This should be available shortly...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 03/15/2010
Flattening class hierarchies when debugging C#
One piece of feedback I heard in the MVP sessions this week is that debugging deep class hierarchies...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/19/2010
VsVim Update Released for RC (Version 0.7.1)
I just released a quick update to VsVim which moves it to the Visual Studio 2010 RC build. ...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/09/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.7.0)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2. This should be available shortly...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/04/2010
Having fun with events in F#
Recently I ran into a situation where I needed to handle some events in F# in a special way. ...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/03/2010
Easier script deployment in PowerShell 2.0
If you can’t tell from reading entries in my blog I’m a bit of a script junkie. I loathe...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 02/02/2010
The many cases of ByRef
One of the overlooked or simply misunderstood features of the VB language is calling a function...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/21/2010
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.6.0)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2. This should be available...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 01/03/2010
Making F# type inference friendly for C#
One of my current hobby projects, VsVim, requires me to make a lot of calls between F# and C#...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/15/2009
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.5.4)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2. This should be available...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/14/2009
The File System is unpredictable
One of the more frequent questions I answer on StackOverflow is a variation of the following. ...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/10/2009
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.5.3)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2. This should be available...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/06/2009
Dev Connection Talk Slides and Code
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions at Dev Connections. I’ve posted the material for...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 12/02/2009
VsVim Update Released (Version 0.5.2)
I just released an update to VsVim for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2. This should be available...
Author: JaredPar MSFT Date: 11/30/2009