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10/24/2023
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[New post] Rockin’ the Code World Season 4: Special Guest Maddy Montaquila (Leger)
dotNetDave posted: " I hope you will join me on Saturday, November 4th, 2023, at 10:00 PST on C# Corner TV for show #91! For the first time, my very special guest will be Maddy Montaquila, Senior
10/19/2023
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[New post] Rethinking the Role of Development Managers: A Call for Change in the Software Industry
dotNetDave posted: " Have I caught your attention? If you're a part of the management team at a software development company, this article is a must-read. If you're a development manager
10/19/2023
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[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Remove Unnecessary Lambda Expressions
dotNetDave posted: " Microsoft recommends eliminating redundant Lambda expressions. This code exemplifies the issue: condition = allRequiredNonPkProperties.Select(p => projection.BindProperty(p
10/8/2023
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[New post] Rockin’ the Code World Season 4: Special Guest Erik Jensen
dotNetDave posted: " I hope you will join me on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, at 10:00 PST on C# Corner TV for show #90! For the first time, my very special guest will be Erik Jensen, Principal
10/4/2023
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[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Boost Your Code Performance with Concrete Types
dotNetDave posted: " To achieve enhanced performance, it is advisable to prioritize the utilization of concrete types whenever feasible. Here is an illustrative example highlighting this concern
10/1/2023
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[New post] Nullable Type Performance: Retrieving a Nullable Value
dotNetDave posted: " Subscriber Content Nullable types were introduced in C# 2.0 and were closely associated with the release of the .NET Framework 2.0 in 2005. To check a nullable type for a
9/27/2023
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[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Use string.Method(char) Instead of string.Method(string) For String with Single Character
dotNetDave posted: " Consider using string.Method(char) instead of string.Method(string) for strings containing a single character. During my review of the Entity Framework source code, I
9/25/2023
8 : 4
[New post] How to Thrive as a Professional Software Engineer: Be a Squeaky Wheel
dotNetDave posted: " In my numerous interactions at conferences and through my written works, I consistently emphasize the importance of a characteristic that sets professional software engineers
9/22/2023
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[New post] dotNetDave Rocks the Build Stuff Conference 2023
dotNetDave posted: " I'm thrilled to announce that, for the very first time, the For Those About To Code: World Wide Tour will be making a stop at the 2023 Build Stuff event in Vilnius,
9/20/2023
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[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Avoid Using Constant Arrays as Arguments
dotNetDave posted: " During my analysis of the Entity Framework source code, I identified a performance issue related to the use of constant arrays as arguments. This issue was observed in the
9/17/2023
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[New post] dotNetDave Goes To… The Copenhagen Developers Festival 2023
dotNetDave posted: " In August 2023, I had the privilege of being one of the inaugural speakers at the first Copenhagen Developers Festival hosted by NDC Conferences. This marked my first-ever
9/17/2023
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[New post] Rockin’ the Code World: Special Guest Dylan Beattie
dotNetDave posted: " Join me on Saturday, September 30th, 2023, at 10:00 PST on C# Corner TV for show #88 where, for the first time, my special guest will be Dylan Beattie, Chief Everything
9/17/2023
12 : 14
[New post] Conference Interview: Jakob Bradford – General Manager at NDC Conference
dotNetDave posted: " I had the privilege of speaking at the inaugural Copenhagen Developers Festival organized by the NDC Conference from August 30th to September 1st, 2023. Intrigued by this
9/11/2023
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[New post] Rockin’ the Code World Season 4: Special Guest Mads Torgersen
dotNetDave posted: " I hope you will join me on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, at 10:00 PST on C# Corner TV for show #89 which starts the 4th season of the show! My very special guest will be Mads
9/6/2023
8 : 4
[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Properly Formatting Class Files
dotNetDave posted: " One common issue I often encounter when reviewing code is inconsistent formatting of class files. It is of utmost importance that these files are formatted consistently,
8/30/2023
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[New post] Ensuring Robustness with Bulletproof Disposable Types in Microsoft .NET
dotNetDave posted: " When conducting code reviews for .NET projects, one recurring issue that consistently tops the list is the failure of developers to call Dispose() on disposable objects. From
8/23/2023
8 : 14
[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Random Is an Insecure Random Number Generator
dotNetDave posted: " There is a newer and more secure way to generate random numbers in .NET. I often observe many developers writing code to generate random numbers using the example below:
8/21/2023
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[New post] Rockin’ the Code World: Special Guest Bob Reselman
dotNetDave posted: " Join me on Saturday, September 9th, 2023, at 10:00 PST on C# Corner TV for show #87 where, for the second time, my special guest will be Bob Reselman, Independent Consultant.
8/16/2023
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[New post] Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Simplify the New Expression for C#
dotNetDave posted: " I have been programming with Microsoft .NET since a year before its release. I must admit that I've never liked having to define a type twice when creating it, as in this
8/14/2023
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[New post] Real World Coding Issues: Part 3 – Design, Diagnostics, and Other Common Code Issues
dotNetDave posted: " In Part 2 of this series of articles about real-world coding issues, I highlighted the code violations I discovered in the contract I worked on in the “Style” category. The