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Rainbow Braces for Visual Studio: A Comprehensive Guide

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by Dirk Strauss - January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 0573

Adding Rainbow Braces to Visual Studio 2022

Rainbow Braces for Visual Studio makes it easier for developers to figure out which brackets match each other. Many IDE's provide this feature via extensions, and a feature request on the Visual Studio Developer Community is gaining traction. This feature has been added to the Visual Studio roadmap. There is,

Code Optimization using Span : An Introduction

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by Dirk Strauss - December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 08581

Code Optimization is a topic that gets a lot of attention. With the release of .NET 7, a thousand performance-impacting PRs went into the runtime and core libraries. This means that .NET 7 is fast, really fast, and it deserves a closer look if you want to optimize your codebase.

Required Properties in C# 11

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by Dirk Strauss - November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 11373

Required properties in C# is a feature I have secretly wanted for as long as I can remember. It's finally here in .NET 7 and C# 11. It is important to know that C# 11 will only work in .NET 7. The sample code below was written using .NET 7

Static Abstract Interface Members in C#11

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by Dirk Strauss - November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 46047

Static Abstract Interface Members in C#11 and .NET 7

Introduced as a preview feature in .NET 6, Static Abstract Interface Members have been made generally available in .NET 7 with C#11. This feature is enabled by default when you create a new project targeting .NET 7 and C#11. Not what you were looking for? Try these links instead. Rate Limiting in

Rate Limiting in .NET 7

by Dirk Strauss - November 13, 2022November 13, 2022 13650

With the release of .NET 7, your applications will see an increase in performance and new features for C# 11, F# 7, .NET MAUI, ASP.NET Core/Blazor, Web APIs, WinForms, WPF and more. Download .NET 7 for Windows, macOS, and Linux. A nice feature that has been added is rate limiting. Not

Installing Visual Studio Code on Linux

by Dirk Strauss - April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 35930

Installing Visual Studio Code on Linux is quick and really easy. If you are a Linux user, then this article might be old news to you. If, however, you are a developer that usually works on Windows but likes to play around a bit with Linux, then stick around. Perhaps

C# 8.0 – What C# version does my App use?

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by Dirk Strauss - February 5, 2020February 2, 2020 010633

So you have created a new application in Visual Studio 2019. You might be surprised to learn that your application isn't using C# 8.0 by default. Not unless you are targeting .NET Core 3.x or .NET Standard 2.x. Looking for Something Else? Try These Links Instead: Enabling C# 8 in Visual Studio

C# 8.0 Using Declarations

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by Dirk Strauss - February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 17733

If you have been writing C# for any length of time, you will know that it has always had a level of nesting. The use of using statements in C# don't make this any better. Now, with the release of C# 8.0, new C# features have been introduced that make

Enabling C# 8 in Visual Studio 2019

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by Dirk Strauss - February 1, 2020April 26, 2021 178067

We can probably all agree that C# 8.0 is a version of the language packed with many new features. The problem is that some developers think that you can only use C# 8 if you are using .NET Core 3 or .NET Standard 2.1. That's not entirely true. Enabling C#

Visual Studio IntelliCode – AI For your Code

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by Dirk Strauss - June 3, 2019June 4, 2019 342595

Visual Studio IntelliCode allows you to add the power of artificial intelligence to your code. Enabling IntelliCode is super easy, and I'm going to show you exactly how to do this. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? TRY THESE LINKS INSTEAD: Extension Methods Are Easy with C# Struggling With Imposter Syndrome? How To