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…
I have said this many times before, I love using extension methods. They are probably the easiest methods to write and can power up your code like never before. If you what to find out more, read on. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? TRY THESE LINKS INSTEAD: C# 7 and .NET…
South African Cities - Are you looking for a complete list of South African Cities along with their provinces? Well, good luck with that. I spent the most part of my Saturday searching for a comprehensive list (which I didn't find). Looking for something else? Try these links instead: Query…
Asynchronous Programming Succinctly allows developers an elegant way to avoid bottlenecks in code and write more responsive applications
Operation Not Legal in the Current State - The other evening I was playing around with an ASP.NET Core application. When I started debugging it, I immediately saw an error message pop up that said Unable to start program '[http]://localhost:59676/'. An operation is not legal in the current state. It was…
It's frustrating how often the Visual Studio installer projects change from version to version. Solve incompatible setup projects in VS.
EncryptValidate Code Encryption - NuGet is something that I'm sure all of you have used before. I decided to package and publish my own NuGet package. It's nothing fancy, it's just a simple encryption dll that will encrypt data. It also validates encrypted data. Among the other methods, it decrypts data…
Debug Client Side JavaScript As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat. The same is true for debugging your client side code in an ASP.NET application. This is the way I do it. It is a workflow that I have gotten accustomed to and one that…
Using Code Shortcuts While this feature isn't exclusive to Visual Studio 2017, it certainly is very useful. I continually find myself modifying a specific section of code in a very large project. It sure is a pain having to sift through lines of code to find that specific code again.…
Live Unit Testing has become a reality with the release of Visual Studio 2017. The next iteration of Microsoft's world-class IDE which was released on the 7th of March 2017, has given developers a host of new and exciting features (a new-ish feature C# Interactive being a favorite of mine). Check…