The 4.0 .NET Framework introduced a new concept for dealing with multi-threaded programming, the Task Parallel Library [or TPL from here on out]. The TPL sought to pull out the ‘good’ bits of parallel programming, from both best practices to burnt fingers, and roll them into a nice, easy-to-use framework. For the most part, at least in my experience, Microsoft succeeded in this goal. Certainly it wasn’t perfect, and there were bits missing [many of which appear in the .NET 4.5 preview], but it was an excellent ‘1.0’. [More]

Flagged enumerations can present a difficult problem for data binding, this article presents a solution for binding these enumerations to individual CheckBox(s) in a WPF sample application. [More]