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In this article, we will dive into what hot reload is and how it revolutionizes our development workflow. We will review its features, origins, examples, and most importantly best practices. Let's start. What is Hot Reload Hot reload stands as a transformative feature...
In this article, we will learn how to force run a .NET application as an Administrator. We will do that by modifying the application manifest file of our application to illustrate the whole process. [sc name="github"...
Handling dates can be confusing, especially when developing an application with time-sensitive data and users across different time zones. That's where Noda Time comes in. In this article, we will learn about handling dates using Noda Time in .NET and streamline our...
In web development, a query string is a crucial URL component that facilitates data exchange between clients and servers. In this article, we will learn how to build a query string for a URL in C#. [sc name="github"...
In this article, we will discuss the use of the strangler fig architectural pattern. While the design can be applied to any programming language, we will focus on C# here. [sc name="github"...
Managing files and directories is a fundamental aspect of many software development applications. In this article, we will learn C# file system manipulation using the Directory and DirectoryInfo classes. [sc name="github"...
In this article, we are going to learn how to read a string from a .resx file. While doing this, we are also going to understand what is going on under the hood. Additionally, we will follow some of the best practices on how to manage resource files, and lastly, offer...
In this article, we will delve into ASP.NET Core forms and how to add rows to them dynamically. We'll use razor pages to create the form and SQLite as our database. [sc name="github"...
When working with MediatR in .NET, we can often utilize its Pipeline Behavior. In this article, we'll examine a common warning related to the type TRequest that can occur while working with it, see why it appears, and how we can solve it. [sc name="github"...
AutoMapper is a mapping library that helps us to convert one object type to another. While it offers incredible flexibility and convenience, dealing with null values within source objects can sometimes lead to unexpected issues. In this article, we will explore how...
In this article, we will look at keyed services - a new feature in .NET 8 that allows us to retrieve services by a given key. [sc name="github"...
In this article, we will discover the unit of work pattern, its advantages and disadvantages, and an example implementation that is completely ORM agnostic. Moreover, we will look at the unit of work's connection with the repository pattern and we will see how easy it...
In this article, we will discuss the recently added Table Per Concrete Type (TPC) inheritance mapping strategy in EF Core 7. In .NET applications, Entity Framework Core (EF Core) has transformed how we communicate with databases by linking object-oriented domain...
In this article, we will explore the techniques of performing case-insensitive substring search in C#, with the usage of the String.Contains() method, String.IndexOf() method, Regular Expressions, and LINQ in conjunction with String.Equals(). Additionally, we will...
One common task in text processing is to replace line breaks in a string for various reasons. For instance, we might want to create a single, continuous string without any line breaks to save space or remove unwanted formatting. Alternatively, we might need to change...
In this article, we are going to dive into global exception handling within an ASP.NET Core Web API controller using the MediatR library. Particularly, we will focus on the MediatR way of handling exceptions. There is also another way of using Middlewares in ASP.NET...
In this article, we will examine several techniques for converting a hexadecimal string to a byte array. In our previous article...
In this article, we will explore refactoring dispensables in C#. We'll focus on identifying code smells and enhancing our code through practical refactoring techniques. [sc name="github"...
In software development, we constantly have to handle different data formats. The XML standard is one of the most used document formats in this context. In this article, we will learn how to use XPath to select data from an XML document, in C#. [sc name="github"...
In this article, we'll look at TimeProvider - a new feature coming to C# 12 and .NET 8 that provides a built-in way to deal with and test time-dependent code. [sc name="github"...
