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How Does the StringBuilder Work in .NET? (Part 1)

5th July 202128th July 2021 Steve Gordon Leave a comment

Part 1: Why do we need a StringBuilder and when should we use one? After becoming proficient in .NET and C#, developers are likely to learn that they should use a StringBuilder to optimise string manipulation and concatenation. This is not a hard and fast rule for all situations but is generally good advice if […]

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Using DateOnly and TimeOnly in .NET 6

Using DateOnly and TimeOnly in .NET 6

25th May 202125th May 2021 Steve Gordon Leave a comment

In .NET 6 (preview 4), two long-awaited types have been introduced as part of the core library. DateOnly and TimeOnly allow developers to represent either the date or time portion of a DateTime. These two new types are structs (value types) and may be used when your code deals with date or time concepts independently. […]

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Getting Started with GitHub Actions for .NET Developers

Getting Started with GitHub Actions for .NET Developers

13th May 202113th May 2021 Steve Gordon Leave a comment

In this post, I wanted to share the steps required to get started with GitHub Actions to automate your workflows directly inside GitHub. I’ve fairly recently been learning about using GitHub actions while creating and maintaining them as part of my work at Elastic. I very much agree that the best way to embed what […]

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String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices

10th May 202110th May 2021 Steve Gordon Leave a comment

Last week my sixth Pluralsight course, “String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices” was released. This new course dives into creating, modifying, searching and parsing strings in .NET. Strings are one of the most used types in .NET applications and In this course, you’ll uncover everything you need to know about strings to use them effectively […]

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Getting Started with the Roslyn APIs - Writing Code with Code

Getting Started with the Roslyn APIs: Writing Code with Code

22nd March 202122nd March 2021 Steve Gordon Leave a comment

For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on designing and developing a C# code generator. In this post, I want to explain some of the core concepts that I’ve learned so far and describe how you too, can get started with using the Roslyn APIs. NOTE: The Roslyn APIs are a niche feature of […]

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