Modeling the Card Game War in C# Part 2 - The Code

NOTE: This is Part 2 of a three-part series demonstrating how we might model the card game War [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(card_game)] as a C# program. Part 1 is over here [https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/modeling-the-card-game-war-in-c-part-1-background-and-rules/] . You might want to use the sample project over on

Modeling the Card Game War in C# Part 1 - Background and Rules

Long time readers of this blog know that I'm a fan of board and card games, and specifically of modeling them as C# executable programs. In the past, we've modeled Uno [https://exceptionnotfound.net/modeling-practice-uno-in-c-sharp-part-one-rules-assumptions-cards/] , Candy Land [https://exceptionnotfound.net/simulating-candy-land-in-net-part-1-introduction-and-basics/], Minesweeper [https://exceptionnotfound.net/solving-minesweeper-with-c-sharp-and-linq/], and most recently Battleship

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I'm a huge fan of Dependency Injection (DI) [https://exceptionnotfound.net/getting-started-with-dependency-injection-in-asp-net-core/]. It's gotten to the point where it's almost in my blood (pun intended). DI is standard issue on all my team's projects, and I fail any code reviews that don't include it unless there's a really solid reason

A 10-Step Guide To Making Your Best Technical Talk Yet

Anyone can create a technical talk. Yes, even you. Here's the 10-step process I use to make my technical talks the best they can possibly be.

What's This and Can I Delete It? Examining A Default ASP.NET MVC Project

I have a two-step process that I utilize whenever I have to dive into a code project that I didn't create. For each file, folder, NuGet package, etc. I examine the item in question and ask myself the following questions: 1. What is this? 2. Can I delete it? See,