- 7/3/2023
- 3 minute read
Why I like and prefer xUnit
In almost all of my projects, I only use xUnit, and here is a small love letter. Especially the one fact I do think makes it a good choice!
Hey, I'm Steven a .NET Developer in Switzerland. I am a Microsoft MVP. Also, this blog is open source on GitHub.
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- 6/29/2023
- 8 minute read
LINQ: Select.Where or Where.Select?
LINQ is a very powerful tool for querying data. As the majority of functions are built on top of IEnumerable<T> and it, in most cases returns IEnumerable<T> as well, it is very easy to chain multiple functions together. That leaves you with a question: which one should I use, Select.Where or Where.Select?
- 6/25/2023
- 7 minute read
Missing Stack trace when eliding the await keyword
You may have heard that when you elide the await keyword in a method that returns a Task or Task<T>, you lose the stack trace. Buy why does that happen? Let's find out!
- 6/21/2023
- 10 minute read
Create your own Mediator (like Mediatr)
In this blog post, I'll show you the fundamentals of the Mediator pattern and how to implement it in your application from scratch. And yes, we basically implement the famous MediatR library.
- 6/17/2023
- 2 minute read
C# 12: Collection literals
A new feature is hitting C# 12 and it is called Collection literals. In this blog post, I will show you what it is and how it works.
- 6/13/2023
- 4 minute read
How does List work under the hood in .NET?
A List is one of the most used data types in .NET. You can dynamically add elements without taking care of how that happens. But do you know what is going on under the hood?
- 6/8/2023
- 5 minute read
Span / Memory / ReadOnlySequence in C#
There are many different memory types used in modern C# programs. The more common ones are Span<T> and Memory<T>. Occasionally there is also ReadOnlySequence<T>. What do these types do?
- 6/4/2023
- 2 minute read
Time abstraction in .NET 8
With the upcoming release of .NET, the team introduced an abstraction of time itself. That can bring you major benefits especially if you have to test scenarios where time is a crucial part! Until now, you had to create your own wrapper. This, of course, makes integration with 3rd party libraries tricky.
- 5/31/2023
- 3 minute read
New Terminal logger for .NET 8
With preview 4 of .NET 8, a new terminal logger was introduced. It basically removes a lot of the noise that the default logger produces. It also adds some nice colors to the output. Let's see how to use it!
- 5/28/2023
- 2 minute read
nameof get's a bit better in C# 12
The nameof operator is a great way to get the name of a variable, type, or member. With C# 12 it's getting even better. Let's see how.