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copied!<p>I am an application engineer with a German diplom university degree in computer science<sup>*)</sup> working in international projects as technical lead, developing web and Windows applications as well as web and Windows services for the .NET Framework based on Microsoft technology.</p> <p>My main development platform is Visual Studio with Team Foundation Server, and I am working with C#, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, LINQ, Entity Framework etc. I am also very interested in efficient algorithms of all kinds, cryptography, multithreading, tips & tricks ...</p> <p>In my opinion, StackOverflow is a great platform to exchange knowlege like this and I found many tips there, which is why I am always very motivated to give back knowlege by answering questions where I can.</p> <p><sup>*) Note: According to wikipedia, the German diplom is comparable with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in one (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplom" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplom</a>).</sup></p> <hr> <p>Some <strong>hints and tips</strong> around Stack Exchange: <br/></p> <ul> <li>Use <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search">https://stackoverflow.com/search</a>, click on "Advanced..." to show options</li> <li>Search within your favorites: Enter <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3683/search-in-favorited-questions/161053#161053"><code>infavorites:mine search_expression</code></a></li> <li>Search within your posts related to a tag. For example: <code>user:mine [C#]</code> finds everything you have posted that is related to C#.</li> <li>Run SQL queries against stack overflow posts: check <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2014/01/stack-exchange-cc-data-now-hosted-by-the-internet-archive/">this</a> out to download an archive and <a href="http://data.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://data.stackexchange.com/</a> to run SQL queries against current stack exchange sites</li> <li>Use keyboard tags, e.g. <code><kbd>Alt</kbd></code> appears as <kbd>Alt</kbd></li> <li>If necessary, add line breaks with <code><br/></code> <sup>*)</sup></li> <li>Syntax highlighting in your posts - Use a tag like: <br/><code></code><br/>For available tags, see: <a href="http://pastebin.com/AWMtu5rK" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this link</a> and <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72082/changes-to-syntax-highlighting">that link</a> (meta)</li> <li>Version tags: Use them to mark pre-C#6: <code></code></li> <li>To add runnable CSS/HTML/JavaScript code, use the code sample icon <code>{}</code> when editing your question rather than providing a <a href="https://jsfiddle.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JsFiddle</a> link (but JsFiddle is good for testing). <br/>If you want to add runnable .NET code (C#, F# or VB.NET), you can create it in <a href="https://dotnetfiddle.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DotNetFiddle</a> and add a link (please provide the code in SO too because the link might become unusable). For screenshots you can use the free tool <a href="http://www.screentogif.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.screentogif.com/</a><br/></li> <li><strong>Hide answers:</strong> use <code>>!</code>, like so (point with the mouse): <br/> <em>What is the answer to the <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ultimate question</a>?</em></strong> <blockquote class="spoiler"> <p> The answer is <strong>42</strong>.</p> </blockquote></li> </ul> <p><sup>*) use <code><sup></code>/<code><sub></code> for superscript/subscript</sup></p> <hr> <p><em>#SOreadytohelp</em></p>

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