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Tagged “csharp”

  1. Safer Data Parsing with Try Monads

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    I have written previously on maybe monads and how to use them with lists to eliminate the possibility of null references in an object-oriented programming language. This standalone post walks through how to use a more generalized kind of monad to prevent all other kinds of unhandled exceptions, using data parsing exceptions as an example.

  2. Error-Free C# Part II: Functional Data Processing

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    Mutability bugs and thread-unsafety are big problems in data processing. Fortunately, the .NET Framework has strong support for immutable collections, eliminating entire categories of bugs. This post will show how to use extension methods to create even safer ways to interact with with lists in C# by building on the IMaybe monad type we created in the previous post in this series.

  3. Error-Free C# Part I: The Maybe Monad

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    Most people would probably be surprised to find that I consider myself both a professional C# developer and a professional functional programmer. C# is mainly an object-oriented language. The syntax isn't optimized for functional programming. This is entirely true, but just because Microsoft is behind the curve in supporting the new best practices in programming doesn't mean I have to be. This series will walk through how to build and use C# code that is guaranteed to run without any runtime errors.

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