new coding hero: jon skeet
[Thanks to Julian for the link. I now have 9 items in my reading queue, and I really should get the book.]
I like his samples because he often does them in both C# and Java, which keeps me thinking 
Jon Skeet. C#. Java. Book. Blog.
- Closures.
- Properties Matter
- Bluffers guide to C# 3.0 (I so need to read this one – I know most of it, but I have to keep referring to MSDN for the syntax!)
- Strings in .NET.
- Multithreading in .NET. The number of people who are scared of threads is, well, scary. It’s not that hard, folks, unless you want to communicate between said threads!
- Unicode. Flashback to/from a former life.
- Memory in .NET. Yes we have the GC. Yes, you still need to know what the hell it’s doing under the hood.
- Simple Micro-benchmarking. Which reminds me I should get a copy of dotTrace.
Had to sort out a multi-threading issue myself this week and Jon’s posts was one of the ones I used.
I have to agree with you though, it’s not as hard as people make it sound. I didn’t really have to read a lot to work out what needed to be done
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