This problem turned into a horrible time suck for me, so I really wanted to document what happened and how to resolve it because this […]
Old dot net frameworks
Being a software developer for many years means you have watched the tools you work with change over time. This is usually a rewarding change […]
Executing shell scripts from C# for a Windows developer
Shhh, I just want the answer You can skip all of my ramblings. Just scroll to the bottom for the code or click here. I […]
CORS for local development
Gotcha If you just want the solution skip to the “Understanding the problem” section. A pet peeve of mine that I have definitely mentioned before […]
dot net core windows service hosting order of operations
Gotcha Imagine you have a dot net core application you initially created as a console application. You can easily run it as a windows service […]
Generic Types and Equals
Gotcha I don’t have to implement/override Equals that often in my classes so I always have a hard time remembering some of the subtleties behind […]
Misconceptions about async Tasks
This article is about asynchronous programming in C# using Task and Task<T>. Do you really need to make your code asynchronous? The first misconception about […]
Adding assembly version information to dotnet core projects
Gotcha In dot net framework the assembly information was located inside of a Properties folder where you would find the “AssemblyInfo.cs” file and you could […]
Dot net core NUnit unit test won’t start
I was hoping this problem would resolve itself, but it hasn’t so I am writing about it to document it to refer to in the […]
DotNet Core EF migration not working
Problem Here is the basic setup of this problem: You created a .Net Core application and wanted to use .Net Core EF in your application […]
