- 4/19/2022
- 5 minute read
Modal Dialog component with Bootstrap in Blazor
This short blog post will show you how to utilize Bootstrap to create a small and reuseable ModalDialogComponent.
Hey, I'm Steven a .NET Developer and Freelancer in Zurich, Switzerland. I am a Microsoft MVP. Also, this blog is open source on GitHub.
Older Posts
- 4/14/2022
- 13 minute read
4 Different ways of creating an array
In this blog post I will show you 4 different ways of creating an array and how they differ from each other.
- 4/13/2022
- 2 minute read
default(MyStruct) vs new MyStruct() - what is the difference?
There are multiple ways to create a new struct, either via var myStruct = default(MyStruct) or via var myStruct = new MyStruct(); . Are there any differences?
- 4/11/2022
- 35 minute read
From Zero to Production - Generate everything with a single button
This blog post will show you how to setup, from scratch, your GitHub repository so you can in a matter of a single click:
- Run tests and build your application
- Release the application for example to nuget
- Create a Release on GitHub with Release notes
- Update the documentation utilizing GitHub Pages and DocFx
Therefore we will build a "template" repository you can take as a foundation.
- 4/8/2022
- 8 minute read
struct vs readonly struct vs ref struct vs record struct
C# knows struct since its down of time. But there are also recent additions like readonly struct, record struct and ref struct.
This article will show what are the differences between those 4.
- 4/3/2022
- 10 minute read
Create a low allocation and faster StringBuilder - Span in Action
.NET ships a nice StringBuilder since the dawn of time or at least since the beginning of the framework itself. The intention is simple: If we need to concatenate a lot of strings we can't rely on the + operator as we introduce a lot of unnecessary allocations plus it is slow!
That is where the StringBuilder jumps into the picture.
Why is that? Why is the StringBuilder better? And can we do better? Spoiler: Yes!
- 3/31/2022
- 8 minute read
Reusable loading Bar Component in Blazor
In our Blazor components we often call a repository or web API which takes some time. So it is nice to indicate to an user what the current state is. That is why we will create a small indicator even with steps to indicate how far we are in the progress.
- 3/26/2022
- 10 minute read
UNO Platform - Build a Todo App - Part 5
This is the last part of the series (for now 😄). In the last. Two parts are missing:
- Drag and Drop the items from one lane to another
- Save and load the state
And exactly those two things we will tackle. I also will give a small conclusion of my journey.
- 3/23/2022
- 10 minute read
UNO Platform - Build a Todo App - Part 4
In the forth part we will take care of our newly created todo item. Until now we clicked on a button and that's all. Sure we have a nice form where we can enter the basic information, but that is all.
The time has come to put our element into the respective swimlane. We will also learn how to add further nuget packages to our project.
- 3/20/2022
- 16 minute read
The Trie - A powerful data structure
A Trie is a common data structure used for example for auto completing words. We will discover how to built our own Trie and check how fast he competes against a "normal" Hashset.
Also we will build a TypeAHead input component which automatically offers us some suggestion based on our input. Of course, we will use our newly created Trie.