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Azure DevOps - Deployments using a Publish Profile (*.pubxml)

If you already have working .pubxml files (deployed in Visual Studio), it's easy to migrate these to Azure DevOps pipelines.

6/23/2024

Simplified Sproc Calls with EF8

EF8 allows for raw SQL queries return mapped to CLR type, without including them type in the EF model. This make sproc call easier.

2/26/2024

Sending Authentication Cookies in a WPF app

WPF applications which simulate HTTP traffic at times need to handle cookie-based authentication. This is a quick recipe for cookie passing.

2/12/2024

LINQ's let keyword

LINQ comes in two flavors: Query Syntax and Method Syntax. The let keyword in Query Syntax helps keep code more readable.

12/14/2023

Quick question: The difference between an int and a struct?

Click for the answer.

8/21/2023

Dictionary.GetValueOrDefault - Wish I had that sooner...

In C#, I've always wished the Dictionary Indexer would simple return null if a key doesn't exist. The GetValueOrDefault extension is a good alternative.

7/28/2023

C# 10 Favorites

A few of my favorite C# 10 additions

8/25/2022

Your most important Xamarin Converter: InverseBoolConverter

Almost every Xamarin (and soon MAUI) app will need to display two different Elements (Label, StackLayout, etc...) based on a single bool property. Two ways to implement this are presented. InverseBoolConverter is preferred.

7/19/2022

Find vs FirstOrDefault

The .Find() and .FirstOrDefault() functions behave similarly. What's the difference?

7/3/2022

A case for NOT using Dependency Injection <gasp!>

DI is certainly a powerful design pattern. However not all projects are created equal, and the "right tool for the job" always applies. I've found one case for not using Dependency Injection.

4/5/2022

A simple .NET Core WebAPI DB connection string configuration

Typical .NET Core WebAPI apps heavily rely on dependency injection. For my simple WebAPI, this made DB connection strings more complicated than I preferred. Here's my solution.

4/4/2022

Where was [CallerArgumentExpression] when I needed it?

CallerArgumentExpressionAttribute can be used within functions to determine the original variable name of passed in arguments...would have been nice to have in .NET Framework 4!

1/25/2022

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