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AI Assisted .NET Modernizations

GitHub CoPilot AI Agents can assist with the mundane task of upgrading applications to a newer version of .NET. Here I went from .NET 8 to .NET 9 using a Copilot AI Agent.

6/30/2025

Two uses for Task.CompletedTask

Although I don't use it often, I've found two uses for Task.CompletedTask

10/25/2024

Minimal API: JSON defaulting to PascalCase

So this was a bit frustrating, yet fixed with one line of code.

10/25/2024

C# Primary Constructors

New to C# 12. A concise syntax to declare constructors whose parameters are available anywhere in the body of the type.

10/21/2024

Azure DevOps - Deployments using a Publish Profile (*.pubxml)

If you already have working .pubxml files (deployed in Visual Studio), it's easy to migrate these to Azure DevOps pipelines.

6/23/2024

Simplified Sproc Calls with EF8

EF8 allows for raw SQL queries return mapped to CLR type, without including them type in the EF model. This make sproc call easier.

2/26/2024

Sending Authentication Cookies in a WPF app

WPF applications which simulate HTTP traffic at times need to handle cookie-based authentication. This is a quick recipe for cookie passing.

2/12/2024

LINQ's let keyword

LINQ comes in two flavors: Query Syntax and Method Syntax. The let keyword in Query Syntax helps keep code more readable.

12/14/2023

Quick question: The difference between an int and a struct?

Click for the answer.

8/21/2023

Dictionary.GetValueOrDefault - Wish I had that sooner...

In C#, I've always wished the Dictionary Indexer would simple return null if a key doesn't exist. The GetValueOrDefault extension is a good alternative.

7/28/2023

C# 10 Favorites

A few of my favorite C# 10 additions

8/25/2022

Your most important Xamarin Converter: InverseBoolConverter

Almost every Xamarin (and soon MAUI) app will need to display two different Elements (Label, StackLayout, etc...) based on a single bool property. Two ways to implement this are presented. InverseBoolConverter is preferred.

7/19/2022