Design and Architecture

J4amieC wrote:

This means that different applications will have their own instance of your Singleton.

Captain See Sharp wrote:

I always thought static fields were shared among all processes and whatnot.

/// <summary>
/// Get or set the name of the user.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The user name is populated by the method <see cref="LoadData"/>
/// </remarks>
public string UserName
{
  get { return _userName; }
  set { _userName = value; }
}

/// <summary>
/// Populate the class.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This method populates the <see cref="User"/> class with the
/// data held in the table <b>User</b>. This data is retrieved
/// using the stored procedure <b>selectAllUsers</b>.
/// </remarks>
public static void LoadData()
{
   ... Do the work here.
}

Civic06 wrote:

I've created a C# .net windows application and was wondering what is the best method to document this.

WalderMort wrote:

It doesn't matter. After hours of begging google, she finaly handed me an animated gif that was close to what I wanted. A few tweaks here and there and I have it complete.

WalderMort wrote:

On another note, perhaps this particular board should accomodate graphic design aswell as application design. All develeopers will use graphics in one form or another, whether it be an icon or a company logo. I would also bet that many developers, like myself, need a nudge in the right direction when these graphics come into play.

J4amieC wrote:

I still hold that book in pretty high regard

J4amieC wrote:

I ignored the first 100 pages as I was already very well versed in C# when I got it and so I simply use it sometimes as a reference book when using Design Patterns in my code