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Desktop computers rarely need to hibernate, so you can probably safely remove the hiberfil.sys file and save yourself a few GB of space. To do so, just open up a new command prompt as an administrator: Click on the Start …

Last updated: 13 October 2023 Most C# coding standards recommend using camelCase for local variables and _camelCase for private or internal (and I also say for protected, but that’s just me) fields. Unfortunately, …

Create your own slimmed-down Visual Studio solution file with just the projects you need, instead of using a bloated company-wide solution.

Last updated: 13 October 2023 Automated tests have gained a lot of acceptance in recent years. Not long ago, many organizations bristled at the notion of having their expensive developers spend time writing code that …

If you're working with git, especially with open source, sometimes you'll find that you want to work with a particular pull request, or PR, locally. This article shows how to do so using the git command line.

I've worked with many clients who are upgrading from EF 6 to EF Core. Many of them are coming from EDMX files, and are wondering what the best approach is in EF Core to configure entities based on the database (or vice …

Last updated: 13 October 2023 Recently I’ve been looking at different ways to generate code coverage reports during automated builds. I’m mostly working with Azure DevOps for builds these days, as …

How to test live API endpoints with xUnit using environment variables for configuration, including handling authorization with IdentityServer.

GitHub only lets you fork a repository once. And it doesn't offer any way to update that fork from the web interface. So, once you've got a fork, you have a snapshot-in-time of the original repository, but if a few …

Recently I was working on some WinForms and classic MVC (not Core) apps built with ASP.NET and migrating them to Azure using containers. There's a repo with samples and an ebook on modernizing your.NET apps so they can …