Relatively few .NET developers are familiar with resource files. After all, why should you bother storing a string in a resource file when you can simply type it in code or, at worst, load it from a ...

Your typical .NET assembly isn't just great at processing logic and solving problems. It also has an identity, expressed through various assembly-level attributes. As a programmer, you set these in ...

I'm trying to write some adapters to a 3rd party class library in C# and would ideally like to achieve that other projects in the solution will only need to add a reference to the adapter library.

This now points to an assembly in Common Files, not an assembly in the GAC - how can this prevent dll hell if it's not using the special aspect of the GAC for separating versions? <b> (EDIT: What ...