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 future. I ran into this problem twice now and it annoys me because it sho...
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 for the data layer. You have already installed .Net Core EF from...
ASPCONFIG: Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Access is denied.
Problem While publishing a web application you get a puzzling error that reads like the following in the output window: 1>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe -v \ -p C...
A very simplistic explanation of events in C#
Introduction If you just want to see the code involved, go to the end of this article. I am really writing this for myself because on the rare occasion that I have to rely on events for something, I a...
TSQL: Passing objects to stored procedures via XML
Introduction This is a subject I have heard about repeatedly, but I never bothered looking into it until recently. I was told that writing hard coded insert and update statements is bad practice. To w...
WCF Security: Requiring Authorization to lock down your Exposed Services
Introduction WCF Security is definitely not something that can be picked up easily. It isn’t plug and play or something that can simply be turned on or off; and it most definitely is not easy to...
How to get all files modified for a work item in TFS
Introduction Just like everything that requires coding with (or against?) TFS API – this was not a small task. This took a while for me to understand and figure out, especially since how you wor...
Get Authorized Roles from Web.Config
Introduction To avoid hard coding the names of AD Groups, it is best to just pull them from a place where they already exist. They usually exist in the Authorization section of your web.conf...