Using MSBuild Targets as general-purpose functions, complete with parameters and return values.

End-users do not expect components to raise events after they have been disposed. One major issue when designing asynchronous components is the difficulty of cancellation, particularly during object disposal.

How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection.

Why a single "Send" does not necessarily result in a single "Receive", and how to compensate.

When writing components in a multithreaded world, one question that commonly crops up is, "how do I make my events threadsafe?" The asker is usually concerned with threadsafe subscription and unsubscription, but threadsafe raising must also be taken into consideration.