How to Manage Solution Projects using dotnet CLI
You can use the latest version of the dotnet CLI (installed by
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Windows Mac Native Google Mail Client
I’m involved in quite a few businesses and ventures at any given time, and most of them have an email account associated with them. My preferred email client is Google/GMail/Google Apps/G suite, mainly because …
How to add a Nuget Package Using dotnet add
A feature I've long wished for in.NET Core and its command line interface (CLI) is the ability to manage nuget references from the command line.
What's New in C# 6
Last month, Brendan Enrick published a short course on What's New in C#6. He also presented a standing-room-only session on the subject at CodeMash (people were blocked from trying to get in from the hall, the room was …
Bus or Queue
A common question I encounter is," what is the difference between a message bus (or service bus) and a message queue?"
Force Nuget to Reinstall Packages without Updating
Occasionally I run into an issue where I'll open a solution in
Encapsulated Collections in Entity Framework Core
Starting with Entity Framework Core 1.1, you can now have properly encapsulated collections in your classes that rely on EF for persistence.
xUnit Test Discovery Error with ASPNET Core 1.1
If you run into an error with test discovery using xUnit and
Use an Integrated Shell Console Terminal in VS Code
VS Code is a lightweight code editor available for free from Microsoft. It's a great, open-source tool for quick edits, or even for all day coding.
Detect git Conflict Markers
If you're using git, you've probably run into a problem at some point where you've had to perform a merge, and a merge conflict resulted.