Who's Who at CodeProject

I started my programming career in the late 80's with video games and have since written games on the AppleIIgs, SNES, Saturn, Playstation, and PC. After leaving the games industry and joining the ranks of consultants I began doing a lot of work with client/server applications, data movement, and communications. I've also become a recent convert to the XP principles of software development. Despite my defection to the business world I am still an avid gamer and I can be found on the gamezone most weekends slugging it out with others in the various online games there.

I currently live in Utah where I run PA (enterprise architecture consulting firm) and occasionally guest speak at architect forums. I mountain bike (badly), golf (very badly), and have fun (often).

Been programming for 40 years now, starting when I was 13 on DEC PDP 11 (back in the day of paper tape storage, and hex switch boot procedures). Got right into micro-computers from an early age, with machines like the Dick Smith Sorcerer and the CompuColor II. Started CP/M and MS-DOS programming in the mid 1980's. By the end of the '80's, I was just starting to get a good grip on OOP (Had Zortech C++ V1.0).

Got into ATL and COM programming early 2002. As a result, my gutter vocabulary has expanded, but it certainly keeps me off the streets.

Recently, I have had to stop working full time as a programmer due to permanent brain damage as a result of a tumour (I just can't keep up the pace required to meet KPI's). I still like to keep my hand in it, though, and will probably post more articles here as I discover various tricky things.

 

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I am a Program Manager for .NET Data at Microsoft. I have been building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications for more than two decades. I'm the author of several (now historical) technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. I use the Silverlight book everyday! It props up my monitor to the correct ergonomic height. I have delivered hundreds of technical presentations in dozens of countries around the world and love mentoring other developers. I am co-host of the Microsoft Channel 9 "On .NET" show. In my free time, I maintain a 95% plant-based diet, exercise regularly, hike in the Cascades and thrash Beat Saber levels.

I was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease in February of 2020. I maintain a blog about my personal journey with the disease at https://strengthwithparkinsons.com/.

	17 Jul 2020	First Prize: Best Article of June 2020 with Dynamically Build LINQ Expressions
	21 Feb 2014	First Prize: Best Web Dev Article of January 2014 with 10 Reasons Web Developers Should Learn Angular

 

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	31 Dec 2008	CodeProject MVP 2009
	31 Dec 2007	CodeProject MVP 2008
	31 Dec 2006	CodeProject MVP 2007

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Hi there! From 2004 to 2009 I ran a company called "GeoFrameworks," publishing two components called GPS.NET and GIS.NET which helped developers quickly write location-based services. Now, I've released the source code for GPS.NET to CodePlex for you to use as you see fit.

GPS.NET 2.0 on CodePlex
GPS.NET 3.0 on CodePlex

... I've also released the source code of a library called the "GeoFramework," a collection of commonly used classes such as Latitude, Longitude, Distance, Speed, and Position:

GeoFramework 1.0 on CodePlex
GeoFramework 2.0 on CodePlex

I'm now taking a break from programming, but I really appreciate the positive feedback from readers!

31 Dec 2004

CodeProject MVP 2005

I just love coding. I started programming in 1995 with BASIC and then moved through Cobol, Pascal, Prolog, C, C++, VB, VC++ and now C#/.NET.

I received a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from University of Calcutta in 2001.

I worked for some time in Texas Instruments, Adobe Systems and now in Microsoft India Development Center in the Visual Studio Team Systems.

I am from the City of Joy, Kolkata in India, but now live and code Hyderabad.

Having 9+ years of experience in Microsoft.Net Technology.
Experience in developing applications on Microsoft .NET Platform ( Asp.Net, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7/8).
Experience and knowledge of software design methodologies (Agile), object oriented design, and software design patterns (MVVM).
Experience in Developing android mobile application using Xamarin (mono for android) framework.

http://hirenkhirsaria.blogspot.com/

 

Currently working as Application Development Consultant in USA
I love writing what i know about and learning from the mistakes which i make...

	26 Jul 2013	Best C# article of June 2013 with The Power of Delegates in C#
	26 Jul 2013	Best Database article of June 2013 with MONGO is as SWEET as a MANGO

I work in the areas of applied mathematics, data analysis, and data privacy.

Check out my blog or send me a note.

 

31 Dec 2008

CodeProject MVP 2009

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31 Dec 2009

CodeProject MVP 2010

 

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I am currently working as a consultant in Southern California.

I have worked as a Hardware Engineer, Firmware Engineer, Software Engineer and Applications Engineer.

I spent 13 years in the Disk Drive industry and the last 7 working in GPS.

25 Aug 2008

Best C++/MFC article of July 2008 with Style Toolkit - Use advanced graphics techniques to create a custom user interface

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10 Sep 2021

Second Prize: Best Article of August 2021 with Database Explorer

You can read my blog entries at:
http://wwww.informikon.com/blog/