Out of the box, you get dependency injection in ASP.NET, and can inject items into a controller constructor, or a view, with a very simple […]
.NET Configuration
Configuration in .NET Core and later is mostly unstructured, letting you build your configuration JSON file the way you want it. The standard approach tends […]
C# Events
Events in C# are common in UI applications like WebForms and WinForms. They can also be useful anywhere else, where you have a caller who […]
Basic RSA in .NET
Here’s a very basic example of RSA encryption in .NET: string priv, pub;string plain = “hello world” ;byte[] plainBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plain);byte[] encBytes;using (var rsa = […]
Super cheap Azure SQL Database
If you’re looking for a super simple, super cheap SQL Server database, for basic development or for a very lightly used production application, Azure offers […]
SQL Server Date/Time Formatting
Here are my favorite date formats in SQL Server. These work with older versions, in case you’re not able to use the new format feature: […]
Handlebars
Handlebars is a fantastic templating engine which is available for .NET. It’s similar to Mustache, which I tend to prefer, but Handlebars has more features […]
GZip in .NET
public class Gzip { public static void Compress(Stream inputStream, Stream outputStream) { using (var gzip = new GZipStream(outputStream, CompressionMode.Compress)) { byte[] buffer = new byte[8192]; […]
Get EXIF date from photo
It’s not straightforward to retrieve the EXIF date from an image. Here’s a method to retrieve it using the MetadataExtractor package. It looks for the […]
Force IE in Edge Mode
If you’re seeing Internet Exploder loading your site in an old compatibility mode, try adding the following to your web.config file: <system.webServer> <httpProtocol> <customHeaders> <add […]