In Microsoft .NET there are many ways to compare strings. I would say that most of the code I analyze, I see it done one of these two ways: bool result = email1 == email2; bool result = email1.Equals(email2); Is this the best way to compare strings? The quick answer is no. While this works, … Continue reading Properly Comparing Strings with Globalization and Performance in .NET
Category: .NET Core
Using the New IAsyncEnumerable Interface in .NET Core 3
The release of .NET Core 3 last month includes a brand new IAsyncEnumerable interface in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. The Microsoft documentation simply states: Exposes an enumerator that provides asynchronous iteration over values of a specified type.Microsoft Documentation This new interface sounds interesting, so I looked at the code in my open-source assembly to see if … Continue reading Using the New IAsyncEnumerable Interface in .NET Core 3
dotNetDave Rocks the Granite State Code Camp
For the first time, the dotNetDave 25th Anniversary World Tour is coming to the Granite State Code Camp in Manchester, NH on November 2nd! Even though I was born back east (Delaware), I don't think I have ever been to the state. If you live in the area, please let me know what I should … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks the Granite State Code Camp
The New JSON Serializer in .NET Core 3
The release of .NET Core 3 last month introduces a brand new serializer for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) under the System.Text.Json namespace. The Microsoft documentation states: The System.Text.Json namespace provides high-performance, low-allocating, and standards-compliant capabilities to process JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), which includes serializing objects to JSON text and deserializing JSON text to objects, with … Continue reading The New JSON Serializer in .NET Core 3
dotNetTips.Utility Open-Source Projects for .NET Core & .NET Standard
Announcing the dotNetTips.Utility for .NET Core Repository
dotNetDave Rocks Desert Code Camp – 2019
The dotNetDave 25th Anniversary World Tour is coming to the Desert Code Camp in Phoenix, AZ on October 12th! I haven't spoken at this awesome code camp in a few years, so I'm excited to come back! Sessions I will be doing the sessions below. Rock Your Code: Code & App Performance for Microsoft .NET … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Desert Code Camp – 2019
dotNetTips.Utility.Standard Tester
Recently, while working on one of my books, I needed to randomly create data for use in tests and benchmarking of the code. I took what I wrote and created a new NuGet package titled dotNetTips.Utility.Standard.Tester. Below are the major features. Data Models There are a few data models that I have created for use … Continue reading dotNetTips.Utility.Standard Tester
