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Play by Play: C# Q&A with Scott Allen and Jon Skeet

by Scott Allen, Jon Skeet and Rob Conery

In this Play by Play course, Jon Skeet and Scott Allen answer real-world C# questions from Stack Overflow. Learn how the experts solve problems, and practical skills that can improve your own work in C#.

What you'll learn

Play by Play is a series of courses that allows you to see top developers and designers in real-time, real-world problem-solving sessions. In this particular C# course, Jon Skeet of Stack Overflow fame matches up with Pluralsight's Scott Allen to answer carefully-selected questions from Stack Overflow. You'll get to see how these experts think through and solve complicated problems in C#, ranging from simple LINQ queries to more difficult threading issues, and you'll also learn a few practical tips and tricks as you go. By the end of this course, you'll have the critical thinking skills needed to approach problems in C# like the experts do, and you'll be able to apply the tips and tricks you learn from them to your own work in C#.

Table of contents

Course Overview
1min
Dynamic LINQ - Ordering Results
13mins
Automated Properties
13mins
Lambda Expression Property Names
14mins
Binary Compatibility
15mins

About the authors

Scott has worked on everything from 8-bit embedded devices to large scale web sites during his 15+ years in commercial software development. Since 2001, Scott has focused on server-side and web technologies, like ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and LINQ. Scott is also a speaker at national conferences like VSLive!, as well as code camps and user groups near his hometown of Hagerstown, MD. Scott has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2005, and has written or co-... more

Jon Skeet is a software engineer (currently at Google) and author.

Rob Conery co-founded Tekpub and created This Developer's Life. He is an author, speaker, and sometimes a little bit opinionated.

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