C# Vault

12/15/2020

You shouldn't ever do this...😆😆
https://csharpvault.com/async-constructors

01/17/2020

Learn about asynchronous programming, tasks, and contexts...

A Task is not a Thread, a Task object is used to wrap an operation that runs on a thread pool thread. It is the core of the async/await programming model.

01/13/2020

If you are new to asynchronous programming in C #, check out this article...

The async/await reserved keywords introduced in C # 5 allow developers to easily use asynchronous code with little effort.

11/03/2018

The Great Dataflow Programming Model...

The .Net Dataflow library was built on top of the TPL and you can use it to build robust asynchronous data processing applications.

09/05/2018

This is what you should keep in mind to handle exceptions in the right way...

Yes Exceptions, that "basic" language feature, but that in my oppinion is as complex as any other. We can use them right or wrong

07/04/2018

Learn how to implement an effective logging mechanism in ASP.NET.

Every time I start working on a new MVC application one of my first steps is to integrate and configure the ELMAH framework.

06/29/2018

Learn why you have been using events wrong...

The Weak Event Pattern uses Weak References from the source object to the listener so this relationship doesn't stop the GC from collecting these objects.

06/11/2018

New to the job market? This tips can help you land your next job as Software Developer.

During the last 5 years I have being working as Software Developer/Engineer for companies in South Florida. After uncountable job interviews, having working on 5 different companies and knowing a lot of experienced developers; I have decided to share my perspective about the Job Market in the area.

05/15/2018

This is how you can draw ellipses on any mapping system, even if it is not supported.

Recently, while working on an Android application using Xamarin, I had the need to plot Ellipses on Google Maps. While plotting polygons, circles, markers or ground overlays on Goggle Maps is quite simple, the API doesn't provide a way to draw an ellipse.

04/18/2018

Great helper class to work with images in WPF.

The BitmapSource class is an important part of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), unavoidable when working with images in that technology. BitmapSource inherit from the abstract ImageSource class and serves as a parent to BitmapImage, which provides XAML support, allow to load images from files,...

03/03/2018

The right approach to implement Object Disposition in C #

Object disposing is the approach we use in C # to ensure the release of unmanaged resources within a class. The .Net Framework provides the IDisposable interface that you must implement to define a Dispose method where our finalization code will have place.