Using Async, Await, and Task to keep the WinForms UI responsive
For most of my dev career, I've been in C# shops. That doesn't mean every project required C# exclusively, but...
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10 Resources for Learning LINQ
LINQ is something I just take for granted with C# anymore, since it's been around for over a decade, but...
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Does rethrowing an exception in C# still reset the stack trace?
All programming languages have gotchas to trip you up. In C#, one of them is the subtle (but significant) difference between "throw" and "throw ex"....
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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. 😏...
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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....
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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?...
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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....
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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?...
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