(The Fakes framework was included in Visual Studio 2012 as the successor to Moles – it is the next generation of Moles and Stubs.) Another way to mock static method calls is by using delegates.

In the original column, I used the SQL-like syntax and got some feedback from readers who wanted to see the method-based syntax (and, yes, this is different from the last column based on feedback from ...

Two language features, Dynamic Interfaces and Dynamic Identifiers, were cut from VB 9. New features that are being added in their place include Partial Methods. While partial methods share many of ...

This is role of the NotOverridale/sealed keywords: They allow a developer to mark an overridable method (or property) as no longer overridable. As an example, here's a CreditApproval method that's ...

So that's what this tip shows. As in the column, I'll do both Visual Basic and C#. However, for the method-based syntax, that isn't really necessary because the two solutions are almost identical in ...