Category Archives: C#
Modern C# Part 3 – Switch Expressions
I admit it, I’ve struggled with pattern matching. In the next few blog posts I’ll explore this magic, starting today with switch expressions (not to be confused with switch statements).
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Modern C# – Part 1
This short post will kick off a series covering some of the new features in C#. One small but much requested feature is the ability to use any kind of collection for params. Previously you had to pass in an … Continue reading
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API Part 7 – Swagger Comments
In the previous post, I introduced Swagger and showed how to set up your project for Swagger. In this post I will show how to add Swagger comments to annotate your program. In earlier posts we looked at the database … Continue reading
.NET APIs Part 6 – Swagger
This is part 6 in a series about building APIs in .NET using C#. The previous (part 5) entry is here, and the series starts here. As you know, an API sits between a client and the back end. It … Continue reading
Mads Torgersen & Dustin Campbell Part 2
Part 2 of my discussion with Mads and Dustin on what’s new in C# 11 with a focus on when application developers will use the new features.
Learning .NET MAUI – Part 3
Our app will spring to life in AppShell.xaml. We’ll be putting a few additional things there, but key for now is the ShellContent element As you can see there are three attributes: the Title, the ContentTemplate and the Route. The … Continue reading
Learning .Net Maui – Posting 0
I’m going to start a serious attempt to upgrade my skills from Xamarin.Forms to Maui. I’m not sure how difficult this will be, but I’m starting with James Montemagno’s excellent video/code course for beginners. Unfortunate for me, and perhaps for … Continue reading
Mads Torgersen On C# 10
Mads comes back on show 200 (!) to talk about all things C# 10, which will be released November 2021.
Mark Price on C#9 and .NET 6
Mark Price, author of C# 9 and .NET 5 – Modern Cross Platform Development comes on to talk about, well…C# 9 and .NET 5, and also modern cross Platform Development
C# Coding Standards – Updated
Let’s face it, most coding standards are arbitrary. The key to a successful project, however, is not which standards you follow, but that you are consistent. Here is a partial list of the C# coding standards my team uses and … Continue reading
Mads Torgersen! C# 9 & Beyond
Microsoft’s Mads Torgersen– Lead Designer of C# — talks about how to know when to use the new features in C# 8 and 9, and more. Photo credit: Jesse Liberty
C# 9 Part 3 – Patterns
Jared Parsons – lead of the C# Compiler Team at Microsoft C# 9 Roadmap Jared – LinkedIn Welcome to C# 9