- 10/21/2022
- 3 minute read
Throwing exceptions - Why is my stack trace lost?
You might have read, that re-throwing an exception like this: throw exc; is considered bad practice and you should just do this: throw; instead.
But why is it like that?
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Older Posts
- 10/20/2022
- 6 minute read
LiteDB - A .NET embedded NoSQL database
In this article we will have a closer look at LiteDB, a .NET NoSQL Document Store in a single data file. We will discover the advantages of LiteDB and why it is a viable candidate for your next project.
We will also explore what are the differences between a NoSQL and a classical SQL database are and what this has to do with the reminiscent SQL CE or the more modern SQLite database.
- 10/15/2022
- 4 minute read
Cursed C# - Doing shenanigans in C#
In this short blog post I want to show you two silly things so that you can apply right now! Both of them equally silly, but that is not the point (is it ever?).
We will see how to await an integer or TimeSpan and how to foreach through an integer. All of this thanks to the magic of extensions methods.
- 10/15/2022
- 7 minute read
Infographics Compendium II - ThrowHelper, null Task and more
This edition has the following infographics:
ConfigureAwaitonIAsyncDisposable- Index in
foreach - Non-destructive mutations with
struct - Returning
nullfor aTask - Throw-Helper
- verbatim strings
- 10/11/2022
- 6 minute read
Low-level struct improvements in C# 11
C# 11 brings some major improvements for structs. You remember Span<T>, which you couldn't create?
Now you can. C# 11 allows ref fields in a struct. Why this is a cool thing and what you can do with it, you will see in a minute.
- 10/8/2022
- 5 minute read
How does the key exchange in HTTPS work?
In this small blog post we will have a look at how HTTPS works. Well, we will look how the cryptographic part works a bit more in detail.
The focus is on the Diffie Hellman Key algorithm, an asymmetric key exchange.
- 10/5/2022
- 6 minute read
Introduction to WebApplicationFactory
This article will show you what exactly a WebApplicationFactory is and why it is so "mighty" when it comes down to testing. I will highlight some of the properties, which you can leverage to write powerful tests.
- 10/2/2022
- 4 minute read
Infographics Compendium I - Generators, pure functions and more
Sometimes I publish parts of my infographics I publish on various channels with more explanation.
And then sometimes I don't. This time I just put some of my (hopefully self-explanatory) infographics here.
- Pure functions
- Generator functions
- Cost of anonymous types
- 9/30/2022
- 9 minute read
x86 vs x64 in .NET
In this article I will show you what is the difference between x86 (32-bit) vs x64 (64-bit) in the .NET World.
What is the impact if you choose on or another.
- 9/27/2022
- 4 minute read
Pattern matching is awesome
Pattern matching, which was introduced in C# 9, is a hell of a beast and does more than you might think.
In this small blog post I show you where the magic is and what it does under the hood.