This is simple but should work: public sealed class Singleton{   private static Singleton _instance = new Singleton();    private Singleton() { }    public static Singleton Instance   {      get      {         return _instance;      }   }} As the CLR synchronises static constructors it is thread safe. Also static constructors are not called until the types is accessed to you have lazy instantiation (use nesting if there are […]

VS2005 defaults new classes to internal rather than public (although it appears that Orcas defaults to public). This is good as it reduces the public interface of your assembly and it encourages you to actually think about whether a class needs to be public. You can allow other assemblies access to your internal types and […]

To Strongly name an assembly you need to associate it with a public and private key. This can be either done by the developer when they compile the assembly (signing) or by at a later stage for instance by the QA department (delayed signing). Public and private keys can be associated with code signing certificates, generated […]