These are the settings I put in the csproj file for TypeScript – it sets values to convert to ES5, takes all TypeScript files and […]
Median in .NET
dotnet add package MathNet.Numerics https://numerics.mathdotnet.com/ MathNet.Numerics.Statistics.Statistics.Median(nums)
HTML to text
Install-Package NUglify public static IHtmlContent HtmlToText<T>(this IHtmlHelper<T> html, string htmlText) => new StringHtmlContent(Uglify.HtmlToText($”<div>{htmlText}</div>”).ToString());
Force TLS 1.2 with WebClient
In .NET Framework 4.0+, use this StackOverflow answer to disable TLS 1.0 and force 1.1 or 1.2: ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12; In prior .NET Framework […]
Catching SQL exceptions in .NET
Here’s one way of handling SQL errors from .NET: For expected errors, like data validation, raise an error with a specific error code and state. […]
Add response compression in .NET Core
services.AddResponseCompression(options => options.Providers.Add<GzipCompressionProvider>());app.UseResponseCompression();
Rolling text file to GZip Trace Listener
public class CustomTraceListener : TraceListener{ private readonly string _fullFileName; private readonly int _maxFileSize; private FileStream _fileStream; private int _numBytes; private string _currentLogFileFullName; public CustomTraceListener(string fullFileName, […]
Log Entity Framework details on exception
This worked in old versions, haven’t tested yet in Entity Framework Core – not sure if the structure changed. public override int SaveChanges() { var […]
Do not await an async method
From this answer on StackOverflow – to avoid the compiler warning you about not awaiting an async method. Not sure if this is the best […]
C# Yield
When building a method that returns IEnumerable, you can use the yield keyword to return results one at a time, rather than returning a full […]