Grant Winney

I write when I've got something to share - a personal project, a solution to a difficult problem, or just an idea. We learn by doing and sharing. We've all got something to contribute.

Articles of Grant Winney

Nov 19, 2022

Migrating to MV3 and what I didn't learn from it

I migrated my addons to MV3, and learned that version numbers increase, DRY is overrated, and 3 and 15 are probably important but I have no idea why. What I didn't learn is how MV3 made my addon better.

reflection

Nov 6, 2022

Assume there's a fix. Assume you can fix it.

Life is full of problems to solve and broken things to fix, but where we start determines when and where we end... or if we bother to run the race at all.

surviving winforms c# 4.0 c# 7.2

Oct 12, 2022

Named arguments in C# - pass what you want and forget the rest

Named arguments in C#.. they've been around a long time, but does anyone use them? Let's check out another feature that helps tame wild code.

c# 7.0 surviving winforms

Oct 8, 2022

Local functions in C# (aka nested methods)

C# 7 introduced a new tool for the belt - local functions. Let's take a look at what they are, how to use them, and why we might not want to.

surviving winforms c# 6.0

Sep 26, 2022

Checking for null in C#, using the null-conditional and null-coalescing operators

Checking for nulls in C# is tedious, but C# 6 gave us the null-conditional and null-coalescing operators. Let's see how they've improved things.

surviving winforms c# 6.0 string interpolation

Sep 19, 2022

Using string interpolation to craft readable strings in C#

The longer I write software, the more I come to appreciate clear code. String interpolation in C# is just one more way to help us do that.

reflection

Sep 18, 2022

Obsolete yourself

When you learn something new, share it. Spread it around. Teach someone else and free yourself up to keep learning too!

reflection

Sep 5, 2022

Slowing down to get further

Software development is full of lessons, but one of the tougher ones (for me) is that slowing down is sometimes required for getting further.

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