Building a Data Access Library
.NET requires you to jump through a lot of hoops each time you want to hit your database. You have to create and initialize a lot of objects and you're easily looking at 10 to 20 lines of code each time. Here we look into creating methods and procedures to take are of all this redundant work so we can focus on what we really care about when hitting the DB. The query/sproc to be executed and the results that come back.

Substring Functions
3 of the VB functions that I really miss in C# are the 'Left', 'Right', and 'Mid' substring functions. Here we learn how to recreate these trusty allies in C#.

Convert CMYK Jpegs to RGB format, Correct Resolution, and Resize Images
One stop shop for taking an uploaded graphic and converting it to a usable web-friendly image with correct colorspace, pixel-format, resolution, and size (dimensions).