A fun little project where a QR code gets an animated rainbow border when it's scanned. The post contains a working demo and an explanation of all the steps behind it using Azure Functions and an Azure SignalR Service.
C#
A collection of 10 posts
Because it is being used by another process: Why There Isn't a No-Dependency, One Line Powershell Solution
While Powershell is incredibly flexible, the openness lends itself to be non-specific in some cases, such as for finding out what is keeping a lock on a file.
Why is .GetAwaiter().GetResult() bad in C#?
Why is .GetAwaiter().GetResult(), or .Wait() or .Result bad? It ends up boiling down to deadlocks and threadpool starvation. This post gives a gentle, high up look at why this may happen.
Generating a Procedural 2D Map in C#: Part 3: The Redo
Taking lessons from Part 1 and Part 2, I'll be taking a dive into creating solid foundations for future parts. We'll be looking at flexibility for generation, saving, and printing.
Tricky Operator Names in C#
A list of symbol based C# operators, what they do and the links to documentation for times when searching question marks doesn't return what I want.
Pooling in C#
We all know pooling is useful for performance, so let's check out what .NET comes with out of the box and see how it's all used.
Looking at Entity Framework 6 Execution Strategies, Specifically SqlAzureExecutionStrategy
Implementing SqlAzureExecutionStrategy is easy, go ahead and lift it from here but this is also a deep dive into what makes it tick by looking at the EF6 source code for Execution Strategies.
2.5 Simple Practical Examples using the Task Parallel Library in C#
Two and a half simple and practical examples with the Task Parallel Library (TPL) that can be swapped into your code to use up those cores.