For around a year and a half, I’ve been working with a project that was initially written in Vb.Net, but now newer code is written in C#. It’s a great example of how one project can be written in two languages, and code in Vb.net can reference C# and the other way round. Vb.Net and… Continue reading Practical differences between C# vs Vb.Net
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Refactoring with reflection
There are often times when you need to do a refactoring, that Resharper cannot help you with. In my last post I described how regular expressions can be useful: Static refactoring with Visual Studio regular expressions This time the case is different and simple replacement would not work in this case. The default value for… Continue reading Refactoring with reflection
Static refactoring with Visual Studio regular expressions
Regular expressions are a multi-tool in every developer toolbox. One of the places they can be useful is Quick Find and Quick Replace dialogs in Visual Studio. In this post, I’m going to show you how you can use the power of regular expressions in smart refactoring. Changing an enum to string Let’s assume I’d… Continue reading Static refactoring with Visual Studio regular expressions
Returning more than one result from a method – tuple
Have you ever had a case, when you needed to return more than one parameter from a method? There are a couple of ways to cope with that and tuple might just be what you need. The problem Let’s look at the code, where we parse transaction data just to show it on the screen.… Continue reading Returning more than one result from a method – tuple
How to create a NuGet package targeting multiple frameworks
Working with .NET Standard is a pleasure. It’s fun, it’s short, it’s amazingly readable and concise. As a developer, I would like to work only with .NET Core or .NET Standard code. However, sometimes you need to support the old .Net Framework as well. How to create a NuGet package, that can be used by… Continue reading How to create a NuGet package targeting multiple frameworks
What I learned from $2500 Udi Dahan course
Around the beginning of April 2020 Udi Dahan, owner of Particular Software, released his course in a form of online videos, for free. The big deal is that Udi is one of the world’s foremost experts on Service-Oriented Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Domain-Driven Design. This was a trigger for me and my whole team to… Continue reading What I learned from $2500 Udi Dahan course
ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 – sending a request
Sending a request in ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 is a standard operation that can be achieved pretty easily. However, details matter in this case and I’ll show you the best practice available. We will also take a look at some advanced features to get the full scope. Using a real available API In this… Continue reading ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 – sending a request
ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 – pass parameters to actions
Passing parameters to actions is an essential part of building RESTful Web API. ASP.NET Core released as a part of .NET 5 offers multiple ways to pass parameters to methods, that represent your endpoints. Let’s see what they are. Pass parameter as a part of an URL When passing a parameter in a URL, you… Continue reading ASP.NET Core in .NET 5 – pass parameters to actions
Set up a SQL Server in a docker container
You might wonder, why would I do need to create a docker image with SQL Server? If I were to set up the infrastructure for test or production environment, I would set up a SQL Server in Azure. To automate this process I would follow infrastructure as a code a pattern, creating terraform script and… Continue reading Set up a SQL Server in a docker container
OData as a flexible data feed for React search
In this post, I’d like to show you a scenario, where OData makes perfect sense. This will be a React application with .Net Core 3.1 back-end with just a single endpoint serving filtered results. What is OData OData is a convention of building REST-ful interfaces, that define how resources should be exposed and how should… Continue reading OData as a flexible data feed for React search