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About David McCarter
David has written for programming magazines and has published many books including "David McCarter's .NET Coding Standards", "Rock Your Code: Code and App Performance for Microsoft .NET" available at: http://amazon.com/author/dotnetdave. David is a featured writer on the C# Corner website among others.
David gives lectures on programming and technical interviewing at user groups, colleges, high schools, and conferences such as C# Corner Conference (India), Code Camp, SQL Saturday, DevConnections, VSLive and more. He taught at the University of California San Diego for 18 years. He also runs his own software/ consulting company called McCarter Consulting. You can find upcoming speaking engagements by going to: http://bit.ly/dotnetdaverocks.
He is one of the founders and directors of the San Diego .NET Developers Group for its 20-year run. In 2008 David won the INETA Community Excellence Award for his involvement in the .NET community. David is also an inventor of a software printing system that was approved by the US Patient Office in May 2008.
If that's not enough, David is also an award-winning photographer and works for bands such as Queensryche, Buckcherry, Geoff Tate, Eric Johnson, Lit, Gary Hoey, P.O.D., Steel Panther and too many other bands in the United States to list. David is also a guitarist and has had the honor to play with Carl Franklin (.NET Rocks) and the lead guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd.
His Microsoft MVP profile is located at: http://bit.ly/davidmvp
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Blog postJoin me live on Saturday March 6th, 2021 at 10:00 PST on C# Corner for season 2, show #17 where I will interview Claire Novotny, Senior Program Manager and Executive Director of the .NET Foundation. Send me your questions for Claire by tweeting it to @realDotNetDave and #RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions to: … Continue reading Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave – Special Guest: Claire Novotny →2 days ago Read more
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Blog postIn January 2021, I asked the viewers on one of my Rockin’ the Code World with dotNetDave shows on C# Corner Live was, “What is the new class type is for .NET 5?”. The answer is the record class definition that only works in .NET 5 and above. I have been using it for the … Continue reading Everything You Want to Know About the Record Type in .NET 5… But Were Afraid to Ask →4 days ago Read more
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Blog postJoin me live on Saturday February 20th, 2021 at 10:00 PST on C# Corner for season 2, show #16 where I will interview Leslie Richardson, Technical Program Manager II at Microsoft on the Visual Studio team. Send me your questions for Leslie by tweeting it to @realDotNetDave and #RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions … Continue reading Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave – Special Guest: Leslie Richardson →2 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postMy goal is to release quarterly updates to my NuGet packages and source code. This update includes over 25 new methods and types along with more unit testing and more benchmark tests. Below, I have documented some of the new methods along with a new type and some older methods too. GitHub: https://github.com/RealDotNetDave/dotNetTips.Utility.Core/releasesNuGet: http://bit.ly/dotNetDaveNuGet Logging … Continue reading Coding Faster with the dotNetTips Utility: February 2021 Update →2 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postJoin me live on Saturday February 13th, 2021 at 10:00 PST on C# Corner for season 2, show #15 where I will interview Mahesh Chand, Founder C# Corner CEO Mindcracker Inc. Send me your questions for Mahesh by tweeting it to @realDotNetDave and #RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions to: rockincodeworld@c-sharpcorner.com Schedule Introduction The … Continue reading Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave – Special Guest: Mahesh Chand →3 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postHow important is code quality to your team? It should be at the top of the list, not only to make your customers happy but make your team happier when bugs arise and when features need to be added. Putting quality in your code in the future is a lot more expensive than doing it … Continue reading Open-Source Code Quality – ChoETL →1 month ago Read more
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Blog postJoin me live on Saturday February 6th, 2021 at 10:00 PST on C# Corner for season 2, show #14 where I will interview Kendra Havens, Program Manager, Visual Studio & .NET at Microsoft. Send me your questions for Kendra by tweeting it to @realDotNetDave and #RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions to: rockincodeworld@c-sharpcorner.com Schedule … Continue reading Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave – Special Guest: Kendra Havens →1 month ago Read more
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Blog postJoin me live on Saturday January 23rd, 2021 at 10:00 PST on C# Corner for season 2, show #13 where I will interview my good friend from Sweden, Magnus Mårtensson, Azure expert and CEO of Loftysoft. Send me your questions for Magnus by tweeting it to @realDotNetDave and #RockinCodeWorld. You can also email your questions … Continue reading Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave – Special Guest: Magnus Mårtensson →1 month ago Read more
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Blog postI’m excited to announce the 7th edition on my coding standards book for Microsoft .NET 5! This book is a compilation of common Microsoft .NET coding standards in use today. In the past, for languages like Visual Basic, Microsoft published coding standards in a single document that developers could follow or use as a basis … Continue reading Rock Your Code :Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET – 7th Edition →1 month ago Read more
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Blog postHow do you find issues in your code? Many of these rules have been ingrained in my brain for the over 20 years I have been using .NET, but I still need to use tools to speed up this process or to find the ones I miss. Using a tool like Analyze in Visual Studio will … Continue reading Analyzing Code for Issues in .NET 5 →2 months ago Read more
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Blog postEarly this year, after being inspired by a segment I saw on the TV show 60 minutes, I decided I should start creating artwork again. Since we are living through a pandemic, I had a lot of extra time on my hands and needed to come up with way to keep myself busy. I have been doing artwork since grade school and even won my very first award for a book I wrote. So I looked around my home trying to think of what I should do and noticed a lot of electronics I had stored to take to the electronic r4 months ago Read more
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Blog postLast week, during a meeting at work, someone asked me if I will go back to a concert when California allows it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I said…
NO, not until there is a vaccine!
I based my decision on facts about the COVID-19 virus is affecting others where I live in San Diego, California.
As you can see, in my area, mostly white people are contracting the virus and I am in the biggest age group that will contract it! I’m also in the second biggest age group that9 months ago Read more -
Blog postI have been going to concerts since I was around 14 or 15 and things have changed a lot during the years. The first major concert I attended was at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, AZ where I saw KISS with Cheap Trick opening. I still vividly remember parts of that concert after … Continue reading Going to Concerts When I Was Younger vs. Now – Part 1 →9 months ago Read more
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Blog postAnother Animal was a hard rock supergroup formed by members of Godsmack, Ugly Kid Joe, and Dropbox. I saw the band when I was on the Shiprocked cruise in 2011. Since I have never seen Godsmack live, this was the closet I got.
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Blog postAether X is a progressive/hard rock trio based in San Diego, California. I do photography for them since I know the drummer, Jeff Smith, ever since I first meet him at a software engineering conference. If you live in Southern California, all three of these guys are excellent musicians and worth seeing live.
Click on the image below to check out the photography I have done for the band.
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Blog postBack in 2017 while doing photography for the band P.O.D., I also did photography for their opening band Alien Ant Farm. I really only knew the Michael Jackson cover song they did but still really enjoyed shooting the band.
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Blog postSince I was around 18 years old, the band AC/DC has been one of my favorite bands. They have also been one of my favorite bands to see live and I never try to miss them. They have launched (inspired) countless other bands too. Now that they seem to be retired, I thought I’d share … Continue reading AC/DC Photos, Videos and Memorabilia →12 months ago Read more
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Blog postWay, way back before the internet and Facebook, one way to express an opinion in public was to write a letter to the editor at a local newspaper. When I was in my 20’s, I did write a few letters to the editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune. The one below I wrote after the KGBSky Show (annual fireworks show synchronized to music) on September 17th, 1984 that featured a concert headlined by Def Leppard. This was actually the last date on their Pyromania tour.
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Blog postThere are a ton of Van Halen tribute bands out there… some good some not so good. The best one that I have seen and have done photographer for is Fan Halen from Southern California. The band has been around for 16 years and continue to rock Van Halen fans around the United States.
I have been a Van Halen fan since the 70’s and have seen them many times. I even saw them on their first reunion tour. Since I am fan, I believe the hardest person to “tribute” in the band is David Lee2 years ago Read more -
Blog postQueensrÿche at Sycuan Casino
On September 21st, Queensrÿche performed at Sycan Casino in San Diego, California for their new and long time fans at a near sold out show! Queensrÿche just came off opening on the Scorpions tour. The band never disappoints and this show was no different.
After all these years, the band is tighter than ever. Their sound and their performance is always top notch. At a few points during the show, singer Todd La Torre was2 years ago Read more
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After a quick review of the of introductory topics of Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5, this book moves quickly into advanced topics such as data access with ADO.NET, security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, and threading. You'll explore the essential Visual Basic 2012 functions you need, including .NET features such as LINQ, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and deployment.
- Puts the new Async keyword and Iterators to work
- Explores new options and interfaces presented by Windows 8 development and WinRT
- Continues strong coverage of core language elements and tools and creating componentized applications
This updated version of Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 retains its expert author team, including one of the best-known and respected Microsoft Visual Basic MVPs, Bill Sheldon, and Microsoft Regional Director “Software Legend” Billy Hollis.