In my post How to extend classes using extension methods, I write about how to extend classes with your own methods. This time we will extend the IDataReader interface with some new methods to save some typing. Since we extend the interface, our methods will be available in all the classes implementing the IDataReader interface, such as the SqlDataReader. Read More »

In .NET 3.5 there is a new functionality called extension methods. Extension methods let you extend any classes in the .NET framework, 3rd party frameworks or your own frameworks with your own static methods. Read More »

In the .NET framework you have the System.Diagnostics.EventLog class which provides static methods for working with the Windows event log. Read More »