Recent Posts
SO Vault: What are your favorite Vim tricks?
From the SO vault: "Post your favorite Vim tricks (or plug-ins or scripts). One trick per answer. Try to come up with something other than the basics, btw. :D"
Continue reading
Share
Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, await, and new object expressions can be used as a statement
This error might look a little cryptic at first glance, but it's actually very descriptive in explaining what's wrong. You're likely to come across this one when you're starting out with C# ... or before your first cup of coffee. 😏...
Read more
Share
How do I assign C# code to a variable?
Did you know most languages have a way to pass around code to other functions, so you can call (invoke) it in other parts of your application? In C#, it's called a delegate....
Read more
Share
What's the difference between Tuple.Create() vs new Tuple?
C# provides a way to store items of different types, called a Tuple. Maybe the objects are loosely related, but you don't want to define a whole new class. There are two ways to create a Tuple - list the object types explicitly or use Tuple.Create. But what's the difference, if there even is one?...
Read more
Share
How can I find the state of NumLock, CapsLock or ScrollLock in WPF?
If you're writing a WPF application and need to find the state of the Num Lock, Caps Lock, or Scroll Lock keys, you're in luck - there's a method for that....
Read more
Share
What is the opposite method of Any in LINQ?
One of the many nice functions in LINQ is a single word that iterates through a collection, returning true if at least one item in the collection matches the condition you specify. But what's the opposite of the Any keyword in LINQ?...
Read more
Share
SO Vault: Hidden .NET Base Class Library Classes?
From the SO vault: "What are your favorite lesser-known .NET Base Class Library classes and methods?"...
Read more
Share
Jumpin' on the Docker train (better late than never...)
I've had no reason to learn Docker so far, but it's been around for years, I've heard others talk about it, and now I feel like I should already know it. Well, we're using it where I work to varying degrees and I think I may be delving into some of it soon, so...... time to get the basics....
Read more
Share