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C# Tip: Exception handling with WHEN clause
Instead of using if-else or switch blocks to handle exceptions, you can do it gracefully using the 'when' keyword
Mar 3, 20222 min read86
C# Tip: How to temporarily change the CurrentCulture
What can you do if you need to temporarily change the CurrentCulture in C#?
Apr 1, 20222 min read95
Advanced parsing using Int.TryParse in C#
We all need to parse strings as integers. Most of the time, we use int.TryParse(string, out int). But there's a more advanced overload that we can use
Apr 7, 20224 min read222
C# Tip: Use Debug-Assert to break the debugging flow if a condition fails
It would be great if we could break the debugging flow if a condition is (not) met. Can we? Of course!
May 4, 20222 min read551
C# Tip: Convert ExpandoObjects to IDictionary
In C#, ExpandoObjects are dynamically-populated objects without a predefined shape. dynamic myObj = new ExpandoObject(); myObj.Name ="Davide"; myObj.Age = 30; Name and Age are not part of the definition of ExpandoObject: they are two fields I added ...
Jul 1, 20222 min read137
C# tip: define Using Aliases to avoid ambiguity
You may have to reference classes or services that come from different namespaces or packages, but that have the same name. It may become tricky to understand which reference refers to a specific type. Yes, you could use the fully qualified name of t...
Jul 5, 20223 min read58