Code for the examples on my blog - https://conradakunga.com/blog
6 April 2024 Using Inheritance With FluentValidation - How to leverage inheritance to write less, and more powerful, validation code.
18 Aug 2023 Defining Relationships With Enum Attributes For Enum Values In C# - How to use attributes to enforce relationships between Enums
8 Aug 2023 Tip - Using JsonSerializationOptions With Refit - how to control the serialization and deserialization of objects when using Refit
21 Jul Tip - Adding x-request-id to a HTTP request without changing case - a workaround around a problem where the HttpClient changes the case of this particular header when it is added.
3 May 2023 Writing Maintainable, Testable Code That Depends On The Current Time - how to use interfaces to mock implementations that can be used to improve testing, maintainability and composability of components.
28 Mar - How To Use C# List Pattern Matching Practically - How to use List Patterns for the elegant solution of common problems.
14 Feb - Building Directory Paths In C# - How to use Path.Combine for better manipulation and building of file system paths.
26 Nov - Indexing SQL Server NVARCHAR(MAX) Columns - How to get around restrictions around the indexing of NVARCHAR(MAX) SQL Server database columns.
21 Nov - Deserializing Null Values From JSON - How to do custom deserialization of values in JSON payloads.
12 Nov - The Required Keyword in C# 11 & .NET 7 - How to use the required keyboard to write terser, more maintainable code.
24 Oct - Constructing Dates In SQL - SQL Server parse strings in various date formats into valid dates.
15 Oct - Microsecond Precision In .NET - How to handle microsecond precision in .NET and an improved way to do it in .NET 7
14 Oct - How To Order Classes And Records In C# - Using Comparers by implementing the IComparer interface to allow for flexible sorting of collections of classes and records.
13 Oct - Tip - Simpler LINQ Ordering In .NET 7
3 Oct - Tip - Using LINQ To Filter A List Of Strings Containing Words In Another List
2 Oct - Tip - Grouping Using LINQ In VB.NET - A gotcha in the syntax of how to correctly group using VB.NET
15 Aug - A better way to build and maintain URLs
1 Aug - Using HttpClient To Post JSON In C# & .NET
25 May - Mapping Inherited Immutable Classes Using Dapper
28 April - Adding Multiple Items To A HashSet In C#
29 Mar - Cleaner Code With Switch Expressions In C#
21 December - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 30 - Simplified Argument Null Checks - How to simplify code that does checks for null arguments.
6 December - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 29 - Writing Raw JSON Using Utf8JsonWriter - How to customize Json serliazation
29 November - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 28 - JSON Serialization To & From Streams - How to serialize JSON to a stream and to deserialize JSON from a stream.
19 November - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 27 - Extended Property Patterns - Using extended property patterns to simplify filtering.
4 November - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 23 - Nullable References - How nullable references help catch potential bugs at compile time.
27 October - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Json Property Ordering - How to control the order of the serialization of Json attributes
21 October - Saving Collections Of Primitives In Entity Framework Core - How to persist collections of primitive in Entity Framework Core
21 October - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 19 - Record Structs - .NET 6 has a new record struct construct where record execution is applied to structs.
12 October - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 17 - New Timer - PeriodicTimer - .NET 6 has a new timer for use in async contexts - the PeriodicTimer
7 October - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 16 - HTTP/3 Support - .NET 6 now supports HTTP/3
5 October - 30 Days Of .NET 15 - Day 10 - SOCKS Proxy Support - You can now connect using SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy servers
29 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 13 - LINQ Improvements - Chunk - You can use the new Chunk method to partition collections into multiple collections of a specified size.
28 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 12 - Collection Count Performance Check - TryGetNonEnumeratedCount - a new method intended to allow you to check if you can cheaply determine the size of a collection.
27 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 11 - LINQ Improvements - Support For Ranges - LINQ now allows you to use indexes and ranges in expressions.
22 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 9 - LINQ Improvements - DistinctBy - The DistinctBy extension method.
21 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 8 - Control Of Serialization Of Object Cycles - You have additional control of how circular objects are serialized with the System.Text.Json serializer
14 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 7 - Simpler Web Application Development - it is now simpler to write web applications using the minimal API feature set.
13 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 6 Priority Queue - the new PriorityQueue class
10 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 5 - Math API Additions - there have been some additions to the Math class.
9 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 4 - LINQ Improvements - MaxBy & MinBy - LINQ improvements - the MaxBy and MinBy extension methods
8 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 3 - TimeOnly - A look at the new TimeOnly type.
6 September - 30 Days Of .NET 6 - Day 1 - DateOnly - A look at the new DateOnly type.
29 July - Reducing Bugs Through Better Domain Design - How to reduce bugs and improve re-usability and maintainability from better domain design.
25 July - Better Assertion Testing With FluentAssertons - Write cleaner, easier to understand tests that can be read by users of other testing frameworks
2 July - F# Doesn't Support C# Types Using Init Modifiers - Interop from C# fails when you use the init property modifier.
11 June - Tip - TimeSpan Minutes vs TotalMinutes - The difference between Minutes and TotalMinutes when subtracting TimeSpans is very subtle.
24 May -About Default Interfaces - Application of C# default interface methods
24 Mar - Using System.Text.Json To Enforce API Logic - How use System.Text.Json To Enforce API Logic
9 Mar - Handling Nulls & Empty Strings With System.Text.Json - Your options when it comes to handling nulls & empty strings with the System.Text.Json engine.
6 Mar - Inheritance In Business Logic Is Likely A Code Smell - Part 1 - If you are using class inheritance to solve business problems, you are likely doing something wrong.
2 Feb - Using Regex MatchEvaluators - how to use regular expression match evaluators to solve interesting problems
30 December 2020 - What Do You Actually Agree To When You Accept Cookies - the implications of data collection and the potential organizations with access to it.
21 December 2020 - Improving HttpClient Requests - improving http redirection management with the HttpClient
14 December 2020 - HTTP Header Validation - potential problems that can be caused from failing to set HTTP Headers
23 November 2020 - HTTP Redirects using HttpClient - a closer look at how http redirects are handled by the HttpClient
21 November 2020 - Refactoring With Records - Refactoring code to use the record construct introduced in C# 9
12 November 2020 - Conditional Logic In MSBuild - using MSBuild to control the build process and output notifications
9 November 2020 - Getting Now Playing Information From WQXR In .NET - Reverse engineering getting the now playing information from the WXQR radio station using the API
25 June - Joining Strings - Part 3 - Joining strings using the StringBuilder
15 June - Joining Strings - Part 2 - Joining strings using String.Concat
28 May - Joining strings - part 1 Concatenation with the + operator
19 May - Using curl in PowerShell - how to use the curl utility without clashing with the PowerShell alias
16 May - Touch In PowerShell - Implementing the Touch command in PowerShell
25 April - Extracting Bytes From a F# String - A quick way to extract the bytes from a string
14 April - Count vs Length vs Any–Checking Collection Emptiness - The various ways of checking a collection is empty and bench-marking their performance
10 April - Properties Under The Hood - what does the compiler do when it finds properties in your code?
5 April - Argument Handling Across Paradigms - How arguments are handled in C# vs Lisp, and how to get the same effect
1 April - Fizz Buzz In F# - An initial attempt at FizzBuzz and subsequent refinements
29 March - Using Nuget In F# Scripts - With F# 4.7 you can use Nuget packages in your scripts
22 March - Fun With Tuples In C# 7 & Above - What tuples are and a clever way to use them in constructors