Alignment with C# 8 Switch Expressions
Recently I’ve written two blog articles about the new C# 8 switch expression. I’ve changed my last blog article to …
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ASP.NET Core SignalR version 2.1 offers streaming from the server to the client. Using ASP.NET Core 3.0, streams can also …
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How Hello World! changed – top level statements and functions (C# 9)
C# 9 comes with many new features to enhance productivity and fix bugs. One productivity enhancement comes for small programs and learning C#: top level statements. This also allows for a new way to...
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C# 8 Updates
For all my readers of Professional C# 7 and .NET Core 2 I’ve uploaded the new bonus chapter 6 with C# 8 updates! This bonus chapter covers these C# 8 features: Nullable reference types Using...
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C# Nullable Features thru the times
Exceptions of type NullReferenceException are the most common errors with .NET applications. With C# 8, nullable reference types have been introduced to get rid of these exceptions. The new .NET 6 and...
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Upgrading an ASP.NET Core Web API Project to .NET 6
Upgrading an ASP.NET Core 5 application to .NET 6, all what needs to be done is to change the project file for .NET 6, and update the NuGet packages to the new versions, and you’re done and can build...
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What’s the SynchronizationContext used for?
Creating Windows applications, UI controls are bound to the UI thread. .NET made it to different iterations with different patterns dealing with asynchronous programming. .NET 4.0 introduced the Task...
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EF Core Mapping with TpH, Generic Types and Value Conversion
EF Core has powerful options to map your domain model to a relational database. In this article, I’ll show you how to use the Fluent API to configure a hierarchy of generic classes to map to a single...
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Primary Constructors with C#
To reduce the syntax needed when writing C# code, C# 9 added records with primary constructors. C# 10 then added records for structs. Using C# 12 you can create classes with primary constructors. This...
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Converting Strings to .NET Objects – IParsable and ISpanParsable
A new feature of C# 11 allows abstract static members with interfaces. This makes it possible to define class methods to be used as a contract with a generic class implementation, e.g. using + and –...
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