Background: Extension Methods, Silverlight & Linq

Posted by: Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek, on 07 Feb 2009 | View original | Bookmarked: 0 time(s)

A number of articles I've read recently have mentioned "Extension methods" in passing, yet it is difficult to find out what this is, if you don't already know. A few searches, however, did turn up three good sources: MSDN provides this reference page, then I found a classic "Gu" blog post from March of '07, and finally, the incredible Pete Brown tackles Extension methods as well. This mini-tutorial will attempt to fill in the details and focus on two key uses of Extension Methods: To add functionality...

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