This is a series about great code reviews, that I either gave or received. Code reviews are crucial for code quality and I strongly recommend you to have it in your company. Two heads are always better than one, especially in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual learning. I have pleasure and luck to work… Continue reading Code reviews
Code review #3 – use threads like Mr Fowler
This is another post in a series about great code review feedback, that I either gave or received. It will always consist of 3 parts: context, review feedback and explanation. This post is about doing things the right way. The context In my daily job we have a custom scheduling service, that is very simple.… Continue reading Code review #3 – use threads like Mr Fowler
Code review #2 – remember about your awaits
This is another post about great code review feedback, that I either gave or received. It will always consist of 3 parts: context, review feedback and explanation. This time I’m going to show you a very simple bug I found. The context The problem occurred when I was investigating a code with multiple available calls.… Continue reading Code review #2 – remember about your awaits
Bulk insert in Dapper
Dapper is a simple object mapper, a nuget package that extends the IDbConnection interface. This powerful package come in handy when writing simple CRUD operations. The thing I struggle from time to time is handling big data with Dapper. When handling hundreds of thousands of objects at once brings a whole variety of performance problems… Continue reading Bulk insert in Dapper
Code review #1 – dapper and varchar parameters
This is a first post about great code review feedback, that I either gave or received. It will always consist of 3 parts: context, review feedback and explanation. So lets not wait anymore and get to it. The context This is a simple ASP.Net application, that is requesting database to get count of elements filtered… Continue reading Code review #1 – dapper and varchar parameters
Perfect console application in .net Core: add unit tests
Unit test are crucial part in software development process. In late 1990s Kent Beck stated that writing tests is the most important part of writing software in ExtremeProgramming metodology. You can read a bit more about it in Martins Fowler article. This is a part of a series of articles about writing a perfect console… Continue reading Perfect console application in .net Core: add unit tests
Perfect console application in .net Core: set up dependency injection
It may seem that when creating a console application we are doomed to use statics all over the code. Well.. we’re not! I’ll show you how to set up dependency injection and use it. This is a part of a series of articles about writing a perfect console application in .net core 2. Feel free… Continue reading Perfect console application in .net Core: set up dependency injection
Why duplication isn’t always a bad thing in micro-services
From an early development age, I was taught, that duplication is a bad thing. Especially when it comes to storing data. Relational databases were invented to show data that relates to each other and be able to store them efficiently. There are even a few normalization rules, to be able to avoid data redundancy. We… Continue reading Why duplication isn’t always a bad thing in micro-services
Analyze code with NDepend
Recently I got my hands on NDepend, a static code analysis tool for .Net framework. Because it can work as a plugin for Visual Studio, it offers great integration with code and rapid results. So what it can do? Let’s see! Getting started To start working with NDepend you need to download it and install… Continue reading Analyze code with NDepend
Why sharing your DTOs as dedicated nuget package is a bad idea
I’m working in a solution, that has many micro-services and some of them share the same DTOs. Let’s say I have a Product dto, that is assembled and processed through 6 micro-services and all of them has the same contract. In my mind an idea emerged: Can I have a place to keep this contract… Continue reading Why sharing your DTOs as dedicated nuget package is a bad idea
