š Week 38
Random Sampling Of Arrays In C# & .NET
[C#, NET]
A problem you might run to in the course of your application development is that given a array
of items, sample a number of elements randomly.
Shuffling Arrays In C# & .NET
[C#, .NET]
If you have an array
of numbers (of any numeric type) and you need to shuffle it, you have two options.
Restricting Numbers To A Range In C# & .NET
[C#, .NET]
Suppose you were building a digital sensor of some sort.
Getting A Temporary File Name in C# & .NET
[C#, .NET]
In the course of your application development, it is very likely you will run into a situation where you will need a temporary file. Perhaps you are performing I/O work and need to temporarily store data on disk. Or you are using an API that requires files.
Documentation Needs Love - Broken Samples
[Documentation, C#, .NET]
I recently wrote a post on how to send email using C# & the Graph API, and was surprised how much time it took me to get it working due to incomplete documentation.
Documentation Needs Love - The Letter vs The Spirit
[Documentation, .NET]
When learning a new technology or library, the first port of call is usually the documentation.
Documentation Needs Love - Running Samples
[Documentation, C#, .NET]
One of the brilliant innovations when it comes to the .NET documentation is the ability to run (some) samples in your browser.
š Week 37
Getting The Downloads Location On macOS In C# & .NET
[C#, .NET]
Our previous post, āGetting The Downloads Location On Windows In C# & .NETā, looked at how to reliably get the Downloads
folder on Windows via the Windows API.
Getting The Downloads Location On Windows In C# & .NET
[C#, .NET]
Recently, I needed to get the location of the Downloads
folder in Windows.
Fare Thee Well, VBScript
[VBScript, Windows]
If you are old enough to have developed websites and web applications in ASP (not ASP.NET), then you almost certainly used VBScript.
.NET 10 Release Candidate Is Out
[C#, .NET]
The Release Candidate for .NET 10 is out.
Changing The Decimal Separator In C# & .NET
[C#, .NET, Localization]
We recently had a request from a client for an integration export file we were generating for them to consume.
Why Is September Shortened As Sept And Not Sep
[C#, .NET, Localization]
In our last post, āSep Is The Short Date Format For September. Sometimesā, we looked at an issue where the short format for September would vary by operating system. (Sept vs Sep).
Sep Is The Short Date Format For September. Sometimes
[C#, .NET, Localization]
We have discussed dates, localization, and regional considerations in past posts.
š Week 36
Getting the Version of Kibana Connected in C# & .NET
[C#, .NET, ElasticSearch]
In the previous post, āGetting the Version of ElasticSearch Connected in C# & .NETā, we looked at how to get the version of ElasticSearch connected using either the raw JSON returned by the endpoint or the ElasticSearch
Client.
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