As you may have seen, I’m a programmer. Sort of. I used to be a .NET programmer using the C# language to build websites and applications. Today, I work for a local government agency using 4GL tools to work in business automation and CMS maintenance.

Below are some discussions of challenges that I’ve faced that you may find useful. I hope that you can find this information useful.


JavascriptSerializer Example – Parsing JSON with C#

Parsing a JSON string is straightforward. You create an instance of the JavaScriptSerializer class and then call it’s Deserialize function to operate on the JSON string. You will get back a dictionary object of type  Dictionary<string, object>. This dictionary can then be examined and referenced as you would any other dictionary object. But… it’s never…

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Compiling a C# Project using Command Line Tools (Example)

(Updated 12/4/2015) Compiling a C# (C-Sharp) file using command line tools is not as difficult as you may think. In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps needed to create a project using nothing more than Notepad and the Command Prompt. Jump to the code A lot of programmers are not aware that…

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Generating Hierarchical (Nested) XML from a DataSet

At my latest position, we work with data in XML format. A Lot! (Jump to the code. Download all the code.) Our results are often offered to outside clients from some of our web services. In most cases the data is provided in XML format (we are beginning to convert our output to JSON, but…

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