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This in-depth article contains detailed instructions for setting up your Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 computer for full-on ASP.NET web development in C# including installation of IIS, Visual Web Developer Express, and SQL Server Express. This does not cover any actual use of those tools (those posts will come later), but only discussed what you need and how to install everything.

The purpose of the Null Coalescing Operator ( ?? ) is to set a default value for a variable in the event the first value you are attempting to assign from is null. Hence, the logic behind the null coalescing operator is this: If this variable is null, use this other value instead.

This is handy is because what would otherwise be a multiple-line if/else block is now a single, concise line.

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