The Singleton and the .NET framework

Taking advantage of the .NET framework, a singleton can be implemented as
follows:

// .NET Singleton
sealed class Singleton
{
private Singleton() {}
public static readonly Singleton Instance = new Singleton();
}

Read the article at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms954629.aspx

Exploring the .NET Configuration Files

It is a headache trying to post code to Blogger. After trying for most of the evening, I gave up.

I have uploaded the article and the code to Mediafire, a free file hosting site. Download the pdf file here [http://www.mediafire.com/?66ek99twzj1] and the code here [http://www.mediafire.com/?70c0h5fddtp].

If you have difficulty downloading these, leave your mail address as a comment and I'll mail them to you.

The article explores:
- the classes that represent the structure of configuration files
- the configuration hierarchy and the Configuration class
- classes used to read from/ write to the configuration file
- how to create custom sections

The code explores the concepts discussed in the article.

Your comments and opinion on the article will be greatly appreciated.

Keeping up the net presence

Maintaining a presence on the net has not been easy.

I am on Orkut since June 2007. Till recently I lived with 7 scraps. My son discovered me and scrapped "hey dad....just seven scraps ...thats pretty poor...". Since then - due to greetings for the new year - I crossed 10 scraps..whew...feels like an achievement.

A sister invited me to join Shelfari. Seemed like a good idea - books are something I like. Since then I have been bombarded with mails about how inactive a member I am. A Shelfari member, Dr.M, sent across a 'lets be friends' request. Not knowing any Dr.M's, I rejected his/her hand of friendship, only to find out later that he was a one time customer.

I have been around on Blogger since October 2006. Signing up was easy.

But I have decided to make amends. Blog I shall - sounds like a new year resolution.