A collection of 236 posts
When it comes to BUSINESS, Microsoft Office file formats reign supreme, and if you’re a software developer, you’ll inevitably be asked to convert data into one of the Office formats; it’s a law (look it up). Luckily for all of...
Many of us take for granted the existence of ASP.NET Core to access HTTP in the .NET world. It’s the foundation for most web implementations in the .NET space and provides functionality for all the programming paradigms in the ASP.NET...
Typically I wouldn’t say I like writing about preview features for multiple reasons. Most of my posts aim to help folks solve problems they might have rather than get on a soap box or advertise. But I thought I would...
Working with time has always been one of the more difficult parts of software development. Inevitably, time makes fools of us all. Luckily, for .NET 8 users, there’s a new attempt to provide tools to make testing your time-based logic...
The record keyword in C# has been available since C# 9, and you either love it or hate it. Regardless of your opinion, you will likely make a not-so-obvious mistake when working with the with keyword. This particular mistake can...
An essential part of working on open-source libraries is conveying the value and useability of said library—a well-written “readme” file, while not a substitute for complete documentation, can help onboard new users and increase the joy of using your code....
Have you ever had to clean up your users’ input, only to realize the pain and aggravation it can lead to with all the unnecessary memory overhead? I recently had an “aha!” moment and thought I would share this tip...
Regarding the .NET ecosystem, we’ve become spoiled with great tooling choices from Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider, VS Code, and NeoVIM, not to mention the extension ecosystem like ReSharper, CodeRush, and OzCode. As a result, the ability to define your development...
Entity Framework Core 7 introduced developers to JSON column support. I even wrote about it on the JetBrains .NET blog, and it has been generally well-received. However, recently a user tried my sample project, only to find that they could...
JetBrains Rider is a fantastic tool, and full disclosure, as of writing this post, I am a developer advocate for JetBrains. XUnit is also an excellent unit testing framework, and their combined powers create an out-of-this-world testing experience.
