When working with .NET Core console applications, you may often need to store settings such as connection strings, API keys, or custom values. In .Net framework, the app.config file gets included automatically. While in .Net core you need to perform couple of steps to use the application configurations. In this post, I’ll walk you through … Read more
If you’re building reusable components in .NET, one of the best ways to share them, across multiple projects or with the community, is by creating a NuGet package. Whether you want to publish your package to nuget.org or use it privately within your team, this guide will walk you through the complete process of creating … Read more
If you work in a team or maintain multiple .NET projects, you might have come under situation where you have to write the same common code for each of your project. In such situation, the best option for you is to create your own nuget package and hosting it to your own private NuGet feed. … Read more
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is one of the most elegant and powerful features in C#. It allows you to query collections, databases, XML, and more with concise, readable syntax. But as many developers quickly learn — just because LINQ looks simple doesn’t mean it’s foolproof.Subtle mistakes can cause performance issues, unexpected results, or even runtime … Read more
Introduction C# 6.0, released with Visual Studio 2015 and .NET Framework 4.6, brought several small but powerful features that made code more concise, readable, and expressive. While these weren’t groundbreaking syntax changes, they were aimed at improving developer productivity and reducing boilerplate code. In this post, we’ll go through all the key features introduced in … Read more
ASP.NET MVC gives you a clean separation of concerns — but sometimes, you’ll need to execute certain logic before or after a controller action runs. For example: Instead of repeating the same code in every controller, Action Filters let you inject that behavior globally, per controller, or per action. In this post, we’ll explore what … Read more
If you’ve been working with ASP.NET Web Forms, you might be familiar with ViewState — a feature that automatically remembers control values between requests. When you move to ASP.NET MVC, things change. MVC follows the stateless nature of HTTP, which means each request is independent. The framework doesn’t automatically preserve data between requests — you … Read more
When writing C# code, we often need to return multiple values from a method. Traditionally, we might create a custom class or struct, or use out parameters. However, since .NET Framework 4.0, we have another option — tuples. Tuples provide a lightweight way to group multiple values into a single object without creating a new … Read more