A collection of 77 posts
Language is a core component of the human condition. According to the Washington Post, at least 50% of the world’s population is bilingual. That’s a fantastic statistic, that means every second user to our application could be bilingual. Sadly, most...
My journey into the world of Xamarin.Forms continue, and recently I have been exploring the Model View View Model (MVVM) pattern and how it changes a solution’s profile and my approach to building mobile experiences. One of the most critical...
The tried and true spreadsheet is the king of all business application user experiences. On the web, we’ve been able to recreate and dress-up the spreadsheet experience using HTML table tags. It’s a common design choice in many create, update,...
In a previous post, I wrote about solving the form resubmission confirm issue that many developers run into when building web applications. In ASP.NET MVC, we have many tools at our disposal to pass information from one method to another,...
The C# of today has progressed in exciting ways, and for the benefit of the development community. C# 8 is one of those releases where the sum of its parts add up to something great. In this post, we’ll be...
It’s no secret that JetBrains Rider is my IDE of choice. The JetBrains team’s ability to stay current with language additions has helped me keep my C# knowledge relevant in a fast-paced world. It’s always exciting to see refactoring recommendations,...
ASP.NET’s Razor engine comes with an assortment of HTML tag helpers. Some of the helpers are straightforward, while others may be challenging for folks to grasp. One of the more powerful HTML elements is select, allowing us to select a...
Hypertext Markup Language is the first programming language many of us learn. Like chess, it’s easy to learn but can take a lifetime to master. Its declarative syntax is ideal and ubiquitous across many different ecosystems, and C# embraces it...
Working as a .NET Professional is a tumultuous rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and crushing lows. It’s likely the same for other communities, with different flavors of success and failures. I have over a decade of .NET development work, and...
Run configurations are one of those things that many .NET developers take for granted. Whenever we start a new project, we have two basic configurations: Debug and Release. For most of us, that’s more than enough to deliver a capable...
