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An abstract factory provides an interface for creating families of related objects without specifying their concrete classes. Sometimes one wants to construct an instance of one of a suite of classes, deciding between the classes at the time of instantiation. In order to avoid duplicating the decision making everywhere an instance is created, we need a mechanism for creating instances of related classes without necessarily knowing which will be instantiated.

An expansion on Debugging tips provided by others.

The Builder pattern allows a client object to construct a complex object by specifying only its type and content. The client is shielded from the details of the objects construction. This article includes example implementations in C# and Visual Basic .NET.

Shows how you can run a worker thread which makes synchronous calls to the user interface (for example, thread reads a long recordset and fills some control in the form).

Delta Forth is a non-standard Forth dialect. It has several limitations over traditional standards; however it may be an excellent starting point for beginners.

This application shows how the drag and drop features in C# could be used to create a simple board game or whatever.