Code for the examples on my blog - https://conradakunga.com/blog

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